How to kill a mandate. Hospital lobby persuades Scully, CMS to scuttle proposal that would have required hospitals to measure patient satisfaction
Tieman, J.
Modern Healthcare 33(27): 4-5; 1
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480 PMID: 12884717 Document Number: 559280
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has backed off its plan to require all Medicare-certified hospitals to publicly report mandatory patient surveys, Modern Healthcare has learned. Instead, no regulations will be written and hospitals will be asked to voluntarily use surveys. American Hospital Association President Richard Davidson, left, co-authored a letter urging hospitals to participate.