The latest Home Health CAHPS participation exemption request form is now available. 
 
Medicare-certified agencies are eligible to be exempted from the HHCAHPS survey for the 2019 annual payment update (APU) if they served fewer than 60 patients between April 1, 2016, and March 31, 2017.
 
The 2019 APU period is between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018. If your agency submitted an exemption request for the 2018 annual payment update, you should note that the exemption expired March 31.
 
Unless your agency is exempted for the following year, you must begin participating in HHCAHPS beginning with the April 2017 sample month.
 
Note that the 2018 form is still available but is not posted at https://homehealthcahps.org. Agencies that need the form can contact RTI at (866) 354-0985 or email hhcahps@rti.org.