The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced star ratings based on patient experiences onHospital Compare, the agency's public information website, to make it easier for consumers to choose a hospital and understand the quality of care they deliver, the agency announced April...
Other comparable information may be found at Nursing Home Compare; Physicians Compare; Dialysis Compare; and Hospital Compare. Here is the full sortable and searchable list of star ratings for home health agencies: Provider Address City State Rating Provider Address City State Rating Providen...
To prioritize patient safety, CMS is seeking public comment on three options for updating the overall hospital quality star rating methodology and whether hospitals that performed in the bottom quartile in the Safety of Care measure group should be eligible to receive five-star ratings. The optio...
Here are the hospitals that received a five-star rating from CMS, broken down by state, as listed on the Hospital Comparewebsite. To view a list of CMS' one-star hospitals,click here. Alabama Lakeland Community Hospital (Haleyville) Pra...
“Finally, and importantly, because the star ratings methodology has changed so frequently and significantly since its inception, comparing a hospital’s latest overall star rating with a previous rating could be very misleading,” Thompson concluded. “The AHA remains committed to worki...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is delaying the release of the hospital star ratings from April until June due to an error in one of the measures. CMS is updating the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings on the Care Compare website from April until July so it can correct ...
April 16, 2015 – Medicare’s Hospital Comparewebsitemay have added the star rating system today but the new service – well, even the earlier service – is not getting five stars from Jordan Rau of Kaiser Health News. His article published today is below. It is a “must read” for sen...
Williams added, “As is the case with Medicare Advantage star ratings and the hospital readmissions penalty, a clear geographic pattern is evident: New England, the Upper Midwest and Pacific regions score the highest, and the South and Greater Appalachia score the worst.” ...
April 16, 2015 – Medicare’s Hospital Compare website may have added the star rating system today but the new service – well, even the earlier service – is not getting five stars from Jordan Rau of Kaiser Health News. His article published today is below. It is a “must read” for...
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