Common use of Assessment of Member and Provider Satisfaction and Access Clause in Contracts

Assessment of Member and Provider Satisfaction and Access. The Contractor shall conduct an annual survey of Members’ and Providers’ satisfaction with the quality of services provided and their degree of access to services. The member satisfaction survey requirement shall be satisfied by the Contractor participating in the Agency for Health Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) current Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey (“CAHPS”) for Medicaid Adults and Children with a separate sample and survey for CHIP members, administered by an NCQA certified survey vendor. The Contractor shall provide a copy of the current CAHPS survey tool to the Department. Annually, the Contractor shall assess the need for conducting special surveys to support quality/performance improvement initiatives that target subpopulations perspective and experience with access, treatment and services. To meet the provider satisfaction survey requirement the Contractor shall submit to the Department for review and approval the Contractor’s provider satisfaction survey tool. The Department shall review and approve any Member and Provider survey instruments and shall provide a written response to the Contractor within fifteen (15) days of receipt. The Contractor shall provide the Department a copy of all survey results. A description of the methodology to be used conducting the Provider or other special surveys, the number and percentage of the Providers or Members to be surveyed, response rates, and a sample survey instrument, shall be submitted to the Department along with the findings and interventions conducted or planned. All survey results must be reported to the Department, and upon request, disclosed to Members.

Assessment of Member and Provider Satisfaction and Access. The Contractor shall conduct an annual survey of Members’ and Providers’ satisfaction with the quality of services provided and their degree of access to services. The member satisfaction survey requirement shall be satisfied by the Contractor participating in the Agency for Health Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) current Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey (“CAHPS”) for Medicaid Adults and Children with a separate sample and survey for CHIP members, administered by an NCQA certified survey vendor. The Contractor shall provide a copy of the current CAHPS survey tool to the Department. Annually, the Contractor shall assess the need for conducting special surveys to support quality/performance improvement initiatives that target subpopulations perspective and experience with access, treatment and services. To meet the provider satisfaction survey requirement requirement, the Contractor shall submit to the Department for review and approval the Contractor’s provider satisfaction survey tool. The Department shall review and approve any Member and Provider survey instruments and shall provide a written response to the Contractor within fifteen (15) days of receipt. The Contractor shall provide the Department a copy of all survey results. A description of the methodology to be used conducting the Provider or other special surveys, the number and percentage of the Providers or Members to be surveyed, response rates, and a sample survey instrument, shall be submitted to the Department along with the findings and interventions conducted or planned. All survey results must be reported to the Department, and upon request, disclosed to Members.

Assessment of Member and Provider Satisfaction and Access. The Contractor shall conduct an annual survey of Members’ and Providers’ satisfaction with the quality of services provided and their degree of access to services. The member satisfaction survey requirement shall be satisfied by the Contractor participating in the Agency for Health Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) current Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey (“CAHPS”) for Medicaid Adults and Children with a separate sample and survey for CHIP membersChildren, administered by an NCQA certified survey vendor. The Contractor shall provide a copy of the current CAHPS survey tool to the Department. Annually, the Contractor shall assess the need for conducting special surveys to support quality/performance improvement initiatives that target subpopulations perspective and experience with access, treatment and services. To meet the provider satisfaction survey requirement the Contractor shall submit to the Department for review and approval the Contractor’s provider satisfaction survey tool. The Department shall review and approve any Member and Provider survey instruments and shall provide a written response to the Contractor within fifteen (15) days of receipt. The Contractor shall provide the Department a copy of all survey results. A description of the methodology to be used conducting the Provider or other special surveys, the number and percentage of the Providers or Members to be surveyed, response rates, and a sample survey instrument, shall be submitted to the Department along with the findings and interventions conducted or planned. All survey results must be reported to the Department, and upon request, disclosed to Members.