title: Getting satisfaction. The CMS survey publicly revealing patient satisfaction with hospitals is one step closer to becoming a reality.
abstract: Now that the 30-day comment period has ended for the CMS' H-CAHPS patient-satisfaction survey, it can start being used next year. Dan Varga, left, chief medical officer for Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Ky., is pleased to see the government catching up to efforts that Norton has used for years.
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mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality