Star Ratings
While the roughly one dozen potential changes to the hospital overall star ratings methodology outlined in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services request for feedback merit serious consideration, the AHA believes that only three of the proposals should be pursued further at this time.
AHA provides input to CMS regarding potential future changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital overall star ratings system.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today updated its overall hospital quality star ratings at Hospital Compare and proposed future changes to the star ratings methodology in response to stakeholder feedback.
As part of the February refresh of Hospital Compare, the Centers for Medicare…
The AHA and three other national hospital groups today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to postpone the February publication of its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings on the Hospital Compare website.
Inpatient and outpatient prospective payment system hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities and PPS-exempt cancer hospitals can preview their data for the February update to Hospital Compare through Dec. 30 at the QualityNet Secure Portal.
On June 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it had postponed the July update of Hospital Overall Star Ratings on its Hospital Compare website.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced it will not update its overall hospital quality star ratings on Hospital Compare in July.