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In-Center Hemodialysis (ICH) CAHPS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires facilities offering in-center hemodialysis care to conduct the In-Center Hemodialysis Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (ICH CAHPS®) survey. Facilities are required to work with an approved vendor to conduct the survey twice a year.

CSS has been an approved vendor for this program since CMS launched it in 2014 and has worked with dialysis facilities across the country ever since.

Additional Details and Options

Protocols Available
Mail-only, Phone-only, and Mixed Mail and Phone
Populations
Facilities which served 30 or more patients in a calendar year
Languages Available
English, Spanish
Standard Sample Size
240 patients per facility (or a census of all patients if fewer than 240 are served)
Fielding Time
April - July and October - January, annually
Features of Our Reports
All facilities have access to an interactive dashboard of survey results that breaks down results by individual survey question, shows trends and comparisons to national benchmarks, and breakdowns at the demographic level. Organizations managing multiple facilities also receive a report comparing facilities to one another.

Options to Maximize Your Investment in CAHPS Surveys

We work with plans to implement off cycle surveys which can provide additional analytic and reporting power.

For more information on the In-Center Hemodialysis CAHPS Survey, please click the following.

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