Star Ratings
Over the strong objections of the hospital field, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released its new star ratings for hospitals on the Hospital Compare website.
Over the strong objections of the hospital field, CMS today released its new star ratings for hospitals on the Hospital Compare website.
Press Release
Statement on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) overall hospital star ratings
Rick Pollack
President and CEO
American Hospital Association
July 27, 2016
Reps. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, and Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., yesterday introduced a bill to delay for at least one year the introduction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) new hospital star ratings to ensure the ratings are fair and reliable.
The Hospital Quality Rating…
Reps. Jim Renacci (R-OH) and Kathleen Rice (D-NY) today introduced a bill to delay for at least one year the introduction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ new hospital star ratings to ensure the ratings are fair and reliable. The Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016…
Reps. Jim Renacci (R-OH) and Kathleen Rice (D-NY) have introduced a bill to delay for at least one year the introduction of the CMS new hospital star ratings.
Press Release
Statement On House Bill Delaying CMS Star Ratings
Tom Nickels
Executive Vice President
Government Relations and Public Policy
July 25, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released data on the national distribution of overall hospital quality star ratings and by hospital characteristics, including bed size, teaching status, safety-net status, eligibility for Disproportionate Share Hospital payments and…
The AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges, America’s Essential Hospitals, and Federation of American Hospitals today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to share additional information with hospitals and the public about how accurately its overall hospital quality star…