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CAHPS® Hospital Survey (HCAHPS)
Approved Survey Vendors
as of April 10, 2009


The organizations listed below have met HCAHPS participation requirements and are approved to administer the HCAHPS Survey.

Organizations denoted with an asterisk (*) are conditionally approved to administer the HCAHPS Survey, pending acceptance of their Quality Assurance Plan and their participation in a Dry Run and/or successful submission of one quarter of hospital HCAHPS data to the data warehouse via My QualityNet.

Adventist Health System
Shannon DeMaio
1035 Greenwood Blvd Ste 425
Lake Mary, FL 32746
Tel: 407-975-3776
shannon.demaio@ahss.org

Alexandria Marketing Research Group, Inc.
Patrick Sells
212 1/2 West 5th Street, Suite 209
Joplin, MO 64801
Tel: 888-420-8884
psells@alexandriamarketing.com

Allina Hospitals & Clinics
Heather Britt
PO Box 43
Minneapolis, MN 55440-0043
Tel: 612-262-6023
heather.britt@allina.com

Arbor Associates, Inc.
Donald Cohen
P.O. Box 692, 1349 US 131
Petoskey, MI 49770
Tel: 231-347-7775
doncohen@arbor-associates.com

Avatar International LLC
Jason Macedonia
Orlando Research Center, 1000 Primera Blvd, Suite 3144
Lake Mary, FL 32746
Tel: 800-282-8274
jmacedonia@avatar-intl.com

Beacon Technologies, Ltd.
Richard Heller
520 Lake Cook Road, Suite 280
Deerfield, IL 60015
Tel: 847-444-1480
rheller@beacontouch.com

Catalyst Healthcare Research*
Jennifer Ervin
200 31st Avenue North Suite 200
Nashville, TN 37203
Tel: 615-297-6535
jennifer.ervin@catalysthcr.com

Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research
Mary Emmett
3200 MacCorkle Avenue, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Tel: 304-388-9914
mary.emmett@camc.org

Center for the Study of Services
Paul Kallaur
1625 K Street, NW, 8th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: 202-454-3030
pkallaur@cssresearch.org

Communications for Research, Inc. *
Jerry Jurgens
61 East Hwy. 8 PO Box BF
Steelville, MO 65565
Tel: 573-775-4550
jjurgens@cfrinc.net

Cooper Research, Inc.
Ellen Gruber
8150 Corporate Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Tel: 513-605-3638
egruber@cooper-research.com

CRG Medical InfoTool
Douglas Dotan
PO Box 2042
Bellaire, TX 77402
Tel: (713) 825-7900
ddotan@crgmedical.com

CTQ Solutions, LLC
Paul Faraclas
Orchard Research Park 688 East Main Street
Branford, CT 06405
Tel: 877-208-7605
pfaraclas@ctqsolutions.com

Data Management & Research, Inc., a HealthStream Research Company
Allison Bailey
508 Autumn Springs Court, Suite 1D
Franklin, TN 37067
Tel: 615-224-1550
allison.bailey@healthstream.com

Data Recognition Corporation
Jack Fentress
13490 Bass Lake Road
Maple Grove, MN 55311
Tel: 763-509-3780
jfentress@datarecognitioncorp.com

DSS Research
Sarah Beck
4150 International Plaza, Suite 900
Fort Worth, TX 76109
Tel: 817-665-7000
sbeck@dssresearch.com

Field Research Corporation
Kevin Kurilich
601 California Street, Suite 900
San Francisco, CA 94108
Tel: 415-392-5763
kevink@field.com

Fields Research, Inc.
Ken Fields
3814 WEST STREET SUITE 110
CINCINNATI, OH 45227-3743
Tel: 513-821-6266
KEN@FIELDSRESEARCH.COM

Gilmore Research Group
John Cell
2324 Eastlake Ave E #300
Seattle, WA 98102
Tel: 206-726-5555
jcell@gilmore-research.com

Health Management and Informatics Group *
William Wells, PhD, MHA
CE-707 CS&E Building, DC006.00 University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Tel: 573-884-0473
wellsw@health.missouri.edu

Infosurv, Inc. *
JD Woods
3340 Peachtree Road NE Suite 1450
Atlanta, GA 30326
Tel: 404-846-6878
jd.woods@infosurv.com

J. D. Power and Associates
Dennis Goodman
5435 Corporate Drive Ste. 300
Troy, MI 48098
Tel: 248-267-6800
Dennis.goodman@jdpa.com

JL Morgan & Associates, Inc.
Jeff Morgan
P.O. Box 360481
Birmingham, AL 35236
Tel: 205-408-8774
jefflmorgan@aol.com

LRGHealthcare-Lakes Region General Hospital
Gloria Thorington
80 Highland Street
Laconia, NH 03246
Tel: (603) 524-2934
gthorington@lrgh.org

LSUS Institute for Human Services and Public Policy
Helen Wise
One University Place Bronson Hall 123
Shreveport, LA 71115
Tel: 318-797-5333
helen.wise@lsus.edu

Mindshare Technologies, Inc*
Brett Christiansen
310 East 4500 South Suite 450
Salt Lake City, UT 84107
Tel: 801-743-7595
brett@mshare.net

Minnesota Rural Health Cooperative
Paula Soine
P.O. Box 155 190 E 4th Street
Cottonwood, MN 56229
Tel: 507-423-5300
psoine@mrhc.net

NRC+Picker
Ruta Jaudegis
1245 Q Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
Tel: 402-475-2525
RJaudegis@NationalResearch.com

Opinion Research Northwest*
Janice Rush
225 N 9th St. Ste 200
Boise, ID 83702
Tel: 208-364-0171
janice.rush@opinionresearch.com

Patient Data Solutions, Inc.
Scott Rosenberg
7027 Casa Elena NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113
Tel: 505-343-1068
scott@patientdatasolutions.com

PatientImpact, LLC *
Beth Houck
1560 Sherman Avenue, Suite 305
Chicago, IL 60201
Tel: 847-556-2385
bahouck@patientimpact.com

Press Ganey Associates
Deirdre Mylod, PhD
404 Columbia Place
South Bend, IN 46601
Tel: 800-232-8032
dmylod@pressganey.com

Professional Research Consultants, Inc.
Jan Gnida
11326 P Street
Omaha, NE 68137
Tel: 800-742-3322
JGnida@PRConline.com

Quality Data Mangement, Inc.
Jeffrey Paliwoda
4015 East Royalton
Broadview Heights, OH 44147
Tel: 440-526-8633
jpaliwoda@qdmnet.com

Regenstrief Institute Inc.
Simon Mungai
1050 Wishard Blvd RG6
Indianapolis, IN 46202-2872
Tel: 317-630-2642
smungai@regenstrief.org

Research & Marketing Strategies, Inc.
Megan O'Donnell
15 East Genesse Street Suite 130
Baldwinsville, NY 13027
Tel: 315-635-9802
megano@RMSresults.com

Rural Comprehensive Care Network
Nicole Gohring
995 E Highway 33, Suite 2
Crete, NE 68333
Tel: 402-826-3737
ngohring@neb.rr.com

Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative
Bonnie Laffey
880 Independence Ln, P.O. Box 490
Sauk City, WI 53583
Tel: 800-225-2531
blaffey@rwhc.com

Simple Precision, Inc. (formerly Data Based Insights, Inc.)
Steve Marchant
2 Liberty Place
Washington Crossing, PA 18977
Tel: 215-702-8301
smarchant@simple-precision.com

Strategic Health, Inc.
Lisa Holmes
34 South 600 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Tel: 801-521-5080
lisa@holmesco.com

The Dallas Marketing Group
Michael Egan
12720 Hillcrest Rd. #880
Dallas, TX 75230
Tel: 972-991-3600
m.egan@DallasMarketingGroup.com

The Dieringer Research Group, Inc.
Nicola Riggleman
200 Bishops Way
Brookfield , WI 53005
Tel: 262-432-5200
nicola.riggleman@thedrg.com

The Gallup Organization
John Bisaha
111 South Wacker Drive Suite 4850
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: 312-288-2429
John_Bisaha@Gallup.Com

The Jackson Group
Janette Jones
219 1st Avenue SW
Hickory, NC 28602
Tel: 828-328-8968
jjones@thejacksongroup.com

The Jackson Organization, a HealthStream Research Company
Bobbi Rogers
7710 Montpelier Road
Laurel, MD 20723
Tel: 301-575-9300
bobbi.rogers@healthstream.com

The MSR Group*
Laura Worick
1121 North 102nd Court Suite 100
Omaha, NE 68114-1947
Tel: 402-392-0755
Lworick@theMSRgroup.com

The Myers Group
Midge Coker
2351 Henry Clower Boulevard Suite D
Snellville, GA 30078
Tel: 770-978-3173
mcoker@themyersgroup.net

Thomson Reuters Healthcare (Formerly Health Care Data Inc.)
Carol Arnold
P.O. Box 234010, 515 Encinitas Blvd
Encinitas, CA 92023
Tel: 760-795-1198
carol@hcdinc.com

Total Benchmark Solution, LLC
Travis Stegeman
33175 County Road 41
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
Tel: 970-870-6232
travis.stegeman@totalbenchmarksolution.com

WestGroup Research
Kathy DeBoer
2702 North 44th Street, Suite 100a
Phoenix, AZ 85008
Tel: 602-707-0050
kathy@westgroupresearch.com