The CMS Hospital Star Ratings are a key score of clinical quality that help inform value-based payments. The higher the score, the higher the quality and therefore the higher the reimbursement. However, the agency has long asserted that the Hospital Star Ratings are also a patie...
CMS Issues First Hospital Compare Star RatingsMcCurdy, Debra
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 opt...
So far, CMS' release of hospital charges has had little to no effect on hospital credit ratings, but it could put downward credit pressure on the industry in the long term as wide range of pricing invites stronger regulation and oversight, according to a report from Moody's Investors ...
CMS has released aproposed rulefor the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). The proposed rule would update hospital payment rates by 2.8 percent next fiscal year and adopt policies aimed at advancing health equity. ...
reporting of CAHPS Hospice Survey results on the Care Compare or successor websites no sooner than FY 2022 and proposes that the calculation and display of the CAHPS Hospice Survey Star Ratings be similar to that of other CAHPS Star Ratings programs such as Hospital CAHPS and Home Health CAHPS...
Healthcare organizations tend to view issues in pockets – how they are impacting their specific organization and region – but patient safety is a collective mission. No matter what hospital or health system they are in, or which care model they belong to, patients everywhere deserve safer care...
Robust oversight of nonprofit hospital charity care policies Offering incentives to drug manufacturers Supporting ACA subsidies for undocumented immigrants,reportedMedPage. Bolstering data privacy protections Developing a national strategy to root out cancer in rural areas ...
Some of these impacts will also be seen in the 2023 star ratings, according to Wallace. He said plans should not expect EUC relief except perhaps in the Health Outcomes Survey, although Dodge added that he is still unsure how the survey will be calculated in the 2023 ratings. Th...
(CMS) Acute Hospital Care at Home program. Select patients can choose to be admitted to home versus the hospital, then monitored by the Biofourmis Virtual Bed Kit based on a wearable biosensor feeding into a digital tablet pre-loaded with the patient-facing Biovitals Hospital@Home app. Wise’...