title: How to kill a mandate. Hospital lobby persuades Scully, CMS to scuttle proposal that would have required hospitals to measure patient satisfaction.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tieman
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D008119:Lobbying; D006278:Medicare / Q000592:standards*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012954:Societies, Hospital; D014481:United States