[3970] Improving HHCAHPS Scores
Suggests best practices of working within their organization to show improvement in these ratings.
Presentation Info:
- TAHC&H Event | 56th Annual Meeting | Rich-Media Presentation Capture | Online On-Demand Access
- Presentation Date: August 28, 2025
Program Description:
Patients are also customers, and their experience impacts the agency. The patient's experience shapes what they tell
their friends and family about their care and impacts the agency’s HHCAHPS Star Ratings and payment under HHVBP.
While agencies focus efforts on quality programs, staffing, marketing and financial strategies with gains being realized
and measured, they often struggle when it comes to approaches for improving patient experience ratings.
This session will take agencies through best practices of working within their organization to show improvement in these ratings.
HCSSA Topic(s) Addressed:
- §558.259[d][4] agency responsibilities
- §558.260[a][3] basic principles of management in a licensed health-related setting
- §558.260[a][8]skills for working with clients, families, and other professional service providers
Education-Training Credits:
- TX HCSSA Administrator/Alternate Continuing Education
- Continuing Education for Nurses
- 1.0 Contact Hr(s)
- This program awards CNE until 08.28.2027
Texas HCSSA CE Approval Statement
This program meets continuing education requirements for Administrators and Alternates under Texas HCSSA licensing regulations.
Nurse CE Approval Statement
Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by Louisiana State Nurses Association,
an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. LSNA Provider No. 4002151
Requirements for Successful Completion:
To receive continuing education credits for this online presentation, the participant must view the entire online presentation, complete an evaluation, and post-test attestation.
Reporting of Perceived Bias:
Bias, as defined by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (ANCC COA/LSNA) is the tendency or inclination to cause partiality, favoritism, or influence.
Commercial bias may occur when a CNE activity promotes one or more product(s) (drugs, devices, services, software, hardware, etc.). This definition is not all inclusive and participants
may use their own interpretation in deciding if a presentation is biased. The ANCC COA is interested in the opinions and perceptions of participants at approved CNE activities,
especially in the presence of actual or perceived bias in continuing education. Therefore, ANCC invites participants to access their ANCC Accreditation Feedback Line to report any noted
bias or conflict of interest in the education activity.
The toll-free number is 1(866) 262-9730.
TAHC&H Faculty/Presenter(s):
Melinda A. Gaboury, COS-C, Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc
About the Presenter(s): Melinda A. Gaboury
Melinda A. Gaboury, with more than 30 years in home care, has over 22 years of executive speaking and educating experience, including extensive day-to-day interaction with home care and hospice professionals.
She routinely conducts Home Care and Hospice Reimbursement Workshops and speaks at state association meetings throughout the country. Melinda has profound experience in Medicare PDGM training,
billing, collections, case-mix calculations, chart reviews and due diligence. UPIC, RA, ADR & TPE appeals with all Medicare MACs have become the forefront of Melinda’s current impact on the industry.
Melinda is currently Chair of the NAHC/HHFMA Advisory Board and Work Group, is Treasurer on the Home Care Association of Florida Board of Directors, and a member of the Tennessee Association for
Home Care Board of Directors. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E and Home Health Billing Answers, 2024.
[3970] Improving HHCAHPS Scores