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Hospice News:
Choose Your CAHPS Vendors From Final List
Published on Mon Nov 17, 2014 
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If you’ve put off choosing a hospice CAHPS vendor because CMS’s vendor list was provisional, you have no more excuse for procrastinating. CMS has posted the final list at www.hospicecahpssurvey.org/content/ApprovedSurvey.aspx.
Plus: CMS also has posted new hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems forms, question-and-answer updates, and more online at www.hospicecahpssurvey.org/content/ApprovedSurvey.aspx.
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