Star Ratings
The AHA July 7 and three other national hospital groups called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to examine the “serious flaws” in the agency’s hospital quality “star ratings” methodology.
“Our continued review of the limited information available to us has raised serious…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ approach to overall hospital quality star ratings appears to have several shortcomings, according to a new analysis by an expert in econometrics, commissioned by the AHA.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a May 12 webinar on its overall hospital quality “star ratings” methodology. During the 90-minute webinar, which begins at 1 p.m. ET, presenters will explain the methodology used to generate the summary rating for individual hospitals…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today opened registration for a May 12 webinar on its overall hospital quality “star ratings” methodology. During the 90-minute webinar, which begins at 1 p.m. ET, presenters will explain the methodology used to generate the summary rating for…
This week, as we urged, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hit the pause button on the release of its proposed hospital quality “star ratings.” Hospitals strongly support providing consumers with useful information when it comes to the quality of the care they provide, but the agency’…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today that it will delay until at least July 2016 the release of overall hospital quality "star ratings" on its Hospital Compare website. The ratings were originally scheduled to be released April 21.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that it will delay until at least July 2016 the release of overall hospital quality “star ratings” on its Hospital Compare website. The ratings were originally scheduled to be released April 21.
CMS delays release of Hospital Compare Overall Star Ratings.
Two-hundred and twenty-five House lawmakers April 18 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order “to provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its…