CMS proposal would remove pain standards from HCAHPS
Patient Safety Monitor, September 1, 2016
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Several months after more than 60 medical experts and advocacy groups called on CMS to remove the pain treatment questions from patient surveys, the agency has announced a proposal to do just that.
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