Only 51 home health agency received the lowest rating, while over 2,000 received the top ranking in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services new star ratings for home health agencies.
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ratings from the 2020 Star Ratings. For 2022 Star Ratings, CMS expects MA contracts to submit HEDIS data in June of 2021, and MA and Part D contracts to administer the CAHPS survey in 2021. A number of other changes were put in place to address...
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This is the first update of the Hospital Star Ratings since CMS overhauled its methodology. Healthcare stakeholders have long scrutinized the agency for making apples to oranges comparisons in the Hospital Star Ratings. Others have indicated that it is reductive to use such a simple...
on a number of topics, including the operating costs of tribally operated outpatient clinics, to address the appropriateness of Indian Health Service (IHS) all-inclusive rate (AIR) payments, add-on payments for high-cost treatments at IHS sites and updating the Hospital Quality Star Ratings ...
CMS is requesting specific feedback on the potential new Medicare Plan Finder Drug Pricing measure for the Part D Star Ratings, noting limitations of the current Medicare Plan Finder Price Accuracy measure that is part of the Part C and D Star Ratings, including concerns that plans may b...
Star ratings are very important to health plans, both because they are tied to bonuses and benchmark rates, and because they make a difference to consumers when choosing a plan. MA plans are very attractive to insurers as the demographic of senior citizens rises with the re...
schizophrenia, the facility’s Five-Star Quality Measure Rating on the Care Compare site will be negatively impacted. For audits that reveal inaccurate coding, CMS will downgrade the facility’s Quality Measure ratings to one star, which would subsequently drop their Overall Star Rating. Additionally...
Now, CMS needs to immediately rerun and republish the star ratings without including the phone call in question. Why it matters:Recalculated ratings could bolster UnitedHealthcare’s MA earnings by millions of dollars. More broadly, the judge’s ruling could be a good omen for MA insurers lik...