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CMS adds patient ratings to Dialysis Facility Compare
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Dialysis Facility Compare will now include patient experience ratings from the In-Center Hemodialysis Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (ICH-CAHPS) Survey, which measures patients' perspectives on the care they received at dialysis facilities, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
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Six ratings on patients’ experiences with care will be reported, including three that cover specific aspects of patient experience and three overall patient ratings of the kidney doctors, the facility staff, and the dialysis facilities. For each dialysis center on Dialysis Facility Compare, the site will include this patient experience information, the quality star rating, and detailed clinical quality information.
“Since the initial release of the Dialysis Facility Compare website, patients have emphasized in their feedback to CMS that understanding how others like them view a dialysis center— in particular the cleanliness of the facility and how well the staff cares for them— is valuable information when choosing a facility,” CMS said in an announcement.
CMS also added two new quality measures to Dialysis Facility Compare, and updated the methodology. -by Rebecca Zumoff