CAHPS Home Health Care Survey (CMS-10275)

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form CMS-10275 CMS-10275. Attachment F_HHCAHPS Participation Exemption Request Form 2026	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form CMS-10275 Participation Exemption Request (PER) Form	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form CMS-10275 CMS-10275. Attachment C_Proposed HHCAHPS Survey questionnaire (All Languages)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form CMS-10275 HHCAHPS Survey	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
CMS-10275. Attachment B_Comparison of Current and Revised HHCAHPS Survey Instruments.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2025-07-02	Available
CMS-10275. Attachment B_Comparison of Current and Revised HHCAHPS Survey Instruments.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2025-07-02	Repair queued
CMS-10275. Attachment A_Table of Updates to HHCAHPS ICR.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2025-07-02	Available
CMS-10275. Attachment A_Table of Updates to HHCAHPS ICR.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2025-07-02	Repair queued
CMS-10275.Supporting Statement A (proposed rule).docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2025-07-02	Available
CMS-10275.Supporting Statement A (proposed rule).docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2025-07-02	Repair queued
CMS-10275.Supporting Statement B (proposed rule).docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2025-07-02	Available
CMS-10275.Supporting Statement B (proposed rule).docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2025-07-02	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
210204	Participation Exemption Request (PER) Form	Form and Instruction	Modified	CMS-10275. Attachment F_HHCAHPS Participation Exemption Request Form 2026
210204	Participation Exemption Request (PER) Form	Form and Instruction	Modified
195477	Patient Files	Instruction	Modified
188901	HHCAHPS Survey	Form and Instruction	Modified	CMS-10275. Attachment C_Proposed HHCAHPS Survey questionnaire (All Languages)
188901	HHCAHPS Survey	Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0938-1066	ICR Reference No: 202507-0938-002
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 202303-0938-010
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CMS	Agency Tracking No: CM-CPC
Title: CAHPS Home Health Care Survey (CMS-10275)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 08/12/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/03/2025
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is not approved at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency should provide to OMB a summary of all comments received on the proposed information collection and identify any changes made in response to these comments.

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2026	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2026
Responses	1,149,975	0	1,149,975
Time Burden (Hours)	420,576	0	420,576
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: As part of the DHHS Transparency Initiative on Quality Reporting, CMS plans to implement a process to measure and publicly report patients' experiences with home health care they receive from Medicare-certified home health agencies through the data collection effort described in this request: the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Home Health Care Survey. The Home Health Care CAHPS Survey, which was developed and tested by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and is part of the family of CAHPS surveys, is a standardized survey for home health patients to assess their home health care providers and the quality of the home health care they receive. Prior to the Home Health Care CAHPS survey, there was no national standard for collecting data about home health care patients' experience with their home health care. This is a revision to the original PRA package which covered the voluntary implementation of the survey among Medicare-certified agencies and a randomized mode experiment to test the impact of different modes of data collection on survey responses. This is a revised PRA package because it now includes the burden to the home health agencies (HHAs) to contract with an approved HHCAHPS survey vendor to administer the HHCAHPS survey on their behalf.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 301 Name of Law: US Public Health Service Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0938-AV53	Proposed rulemaking	90 FR 29108	07/02/2025

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
HHCAHPS Survey	CMS-10275	CMS-10275. Attachment C_Proposed HHCAHPS Survey questionnaire (All Languages)
Participation Exemption Request (PER) Form	CMS-10275	CMS-10275. Attachment F_HHCAHPS Participation Exemption Request Form 2026
Patient Files

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Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The HHCAHPS Survey has been shortened from 34 to 25 questions which along with the other input discussed in the ICR accounts for the burden decrease.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,650,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 07/03/2025

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