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      Founded in 1982 with HQ in Fort Worth and offices in Washington, DC.
      Our focus is in health care with special emphasis on a range of research, market information and consulting services for health care providers and health insurance organizations.
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      Resources

      DSS offers a fully integrated organization covering project design, project management, data collection, data processing, analysis and reporting. This approach offers complete control of quality, timing and cost. This approach is supported by in-house data collection resources, including..
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    • Certifications and Approvals

      Obtaining certifications and renewing them annually gives us regular, external review of our processes and procedures.

      Certifications:


      • Commercial and Medicaid CAHPS (since 1999).
      • Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (since 1998).

      Approvals:


      • Home Health CAHPS (since 2009).
      • Medicare CAHPS (this is a new program and we became fully approved in 2011).

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      Fort Worth, TX Office:

      4150 International Plaza,
      Suite 900
      Fort Worth, TX 76109

      Toll Free: 800.989.5150
      Phone: 817.665.7000
      Fax: 817.665.7001


      Washington, DC Office:

      2111 Wilson Blvd,
      Suite 700
      Arlington, VA 22201

      Phone: 703.351.5040
      Fax: 703.351.9292


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      CAHPS®

      Commercial and Medicaid CAHPS® Medicare CAHPS® Home Health CAHPS® Clinician and Group CAHPS® PCMH CAHPS® ICH CAHPS®

      Health and Wellness

      HRA (Health Risk Assessment) Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS)

      Health Care Engagement Index™ (HCEI™ )

      Background Scale Development Results Simple way to use DSS HCEI Advanced way to use DSS HCEI

      MA Compliance, including Open Enrollment Verification (OEV)
    • Custom Research Solutions Group

      Advertising and Communications Brand Market

      Market Share and Dynamics Market Segmentation

      Product and Pricing Qualitative Services

      Traditional Focus Groups Online Focus Groups In-depth Interviews

      Satisfaction/Loyalty/Member-Patient Experience Trackers
    • Strategy Research Solutions Group

      Market Segmentation

      Attitudes, behaviors and Product Preferences Health Risks Behavioral Change or Level of Engagement

      Conjoint Analysis/Discrete Choice

      Product/Service Design Pricing Cost Value Analysis Market Simulation Brand Value

      Health Insurance Exchanges Key Drivers of Satisfaction Predictive Modeling
  • Industries
    • Health Insurance

      Nearly 100 of the nation's health plans call DSS their preferred provider of research and consulting services, ranging from the largest national carriers to those serving single markets. We cover just about all of the research (all of the kinds of research covered in the services section),
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      Health Care Providers

      DSS has conducted numerous studies with health care providers on behalf of health plans, provider groups and individual providers.
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    • Medical Device

      Conjoint analysis has been used by DSS to upgrade and design many different types of medical devices and medical services. Whether high-technology devices, high-touch medical services or low-tech disposable products, DSS has applied its years of experience to helping our clients optimize their products, identify unmet needs and estimate demand in new markets.
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    • Other

      Although focused on health care, DSS has conducted market research in a wide array of industries. Some examples are:
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      Look for announcements of our informative and insightful webinars covering a range of issues of interest to our clients and prospective clients. These webinars focus on how to use various types of research information to improve your customer/member/patient experience, products, communications, programs and other elements of your business.
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    • Calculators

      DSS has several calculators that are useful to market researchers.


      • Sample Size. Sample size calculators allow researchers to determine the sample size needed on a study whether...
      • Sampling Error. Once a study has been conducted, the Sampling Error calculator will indicate...

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    • Research and POV from DSS

      Check out our library of white papers on a range of topics of interest, primarily to those in the health care field. Many of these white papers have been published in academic and professional journals. Others are highly specialized and relate to very specific issues that may be of interest to you. These papers are provided solely to disseminate our knowledge and experience and include no sales message.
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    • News Release

      Supporting our clients across the spectrum of their needs requires different resources and skills depending upon where a particular need falls on the spectrum. To make sure that we have the right resources and people to address a particular client need, DSS has reorganized into three Solutions Groups, including Industry Programs, Custom and Strategy Solutions Groups.
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    • Newsletter

      Our newsletter comes out quarterly. It covers news about the company, people, products and other aspects of the business and the health care industry. Recent copies are provided in the library and you are invited to sign up to receive future copies.
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  • Contact Us
    • Fort Worth, TX Office:

      4150 International Plaza,
      Suite 900
      Fort Worth, TX 76109

      Toll Free: 800.989.5150
      Phone: 817.665.7000
      Fax: 817.665.7001


      Washington, DC Office:

      2111 Wilson Blvd,
      Suite 700
      Arlington, VA 22201

      Phone: 703.351.5040
      Fax: 703.351.9292

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  • Industry Programs Solutions Group
    • CAHPS®
      • Commercial and Medicaid CAHPS®
      • Medicare CAHPS®
      • Home Health CAHPS®
      • Clinician and Group CAHPS®
      • PCMH CAHPS®
      • ICH CAHPS®
    • Health and Wellness
      • Health Risk Assessment
      • Medicare Health Outcomes Survey
    • Health Care Engagement Index™
      • Background
      • Scale Development
      • Results
      • Simple way to use DSS HCEI
      • Advanced way to use DSS HCEI
    • MA Compliance
  • Custom Research Solutions Group
    • Advertising and Communications
    • Brand
    • Market
      • Market Share and Dynamics
      • Market Segmentation
    • Product and Pricing
    • Qualitative Services
      • Traditional Focus Groups
      • Online Focus Groups
      • In-depth Interviews
    • Satisfaction / Loyalty
    • Trackers
  • Strategy Research Solutions Group
    • Market Segmentation
      • Attitudes and Product Preferences
      • Health Risks
      • Behavioral Change or Level of Engagement
    • Conjoint Analysis/Discrete Choice
      • Product/Service Design
      • Pricing
      • Cost Value Analysis
      • Market Simulation
      • Brand Value
    • Health Insurance Exchanges
    • Key Drivers of Satisfaction
    • Predictive Modeling

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  • DSS Research hires Kevin Spence as a new p...Kevin brings to us many years of experience in client services.

  • Almost 70% of the 5-Star Medicare Advantag...A special congratulations to all of our 2012 5-Star Medicare Advantage clients!. D...

  • DSS Research Achieves SSAE 16 Type II Cert...DSS Research, the leader in health care market research and consulting, announced ...

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Medicare CAHPS®

DSS is one of the originally certified vendors for this program. We applied our processes that have proven so successful with Commercial and Medicaid CAHPS® to this MA member survey. Key advantages we offer, include:

  • Our extensive experience with and sensitivity to the senior population.
  • In-house completion of all activities.
  • Two decades of experience with the CAHPS® methodology.

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Medicare CAHPS®Member Satisfaction Surveys from DSS
The experts in CAHPS®and working with the senior population.

Take 25 years of specializing in senior studies and more than 15 years experience as a leading commercial and Medicaid HEDIS®/CAHPS® survey firm combined with HOS certification since the inception of the survey and you get one exceptional Medicare CAHPS® partner! DSS Research was awarded approval to conduct Medicare CAHPS® in 2010 following the release of the survey administration by CMS. In our first survey year, we successfully submitted about 150 Medicare CAHPS® samples while delivering timely comprehensive analysis and reporting to our clients.

With DSS you get:

  • Everything done in-house. This is the only way to control data security, quality, timing and costs.
  • Senior expertise. In addition to our Medicare CAHPS® and HOS experience and associated training, we handle a wide range of other senior population research for our clients.
  • CAHPS® experience. Nearly 20 years experience as a leading commercial and Medicaid HEDIS®/CAHPS® survey firm.
  • Stress-less execution. Our experienced CAHPS®project team makes survey set-up easy from acquisition of collateral to questionnaire design.
  • Continuous updates. DSS Data Live™ provides online access to current survey results.
  • Confidence. The confidence that comes from knowing things will be done right, all specifications will be followed and the results will be submitted properly if you choose to submit.
  • Accurate results. Accuracy is not an accident; it is built on strict adherence to the methodology and proven processes.
  • Clear direction for improvement. Final reports are meaningful, actionable and delivered in July, giving you a competitive head start on quality improvement.

Listen to what are clients are saying…

Everything has been done to our complete satisfaction. When asking if anyone has any issues with DSS Research, the response is “Absolutely none!!! I think they do a great job and have always been very helpful when I need to call them to ask questions. I also really like the feedback we got from the Medicare CAHPS®this year. They gave us a preliminary report at the end of the survey….now we will wait for the final report from Medicare…first year to get the preliminary report.” Good job!

Vice President, Midwestern Health Plan

We are absolutely satisfied with the process, the communication, and the deliverables for both the commercial and Medicare CAHPS®.

Quality Improvement Administrator, Southwest Health Plan

I find the analysis included in the reports to be very helpful, especially in targeting what part of a composite is driving the score. It is useful to me as I present the results internally in our Quality Committees. I still feel it is always a pleasure to work with your company

Quality Measurement Manager, Northeastern Health Plan

Contact DSS

For more information or to request a Medicare CAHPS® proposal contact us or call 800-989-5150 and ask for the CAHPS® Team.

The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is a registered trademark of NCQA.

CAHPS® is a registered trademark of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

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