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...
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...
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 ...
perform well on existing measures and to those who care for high proportions of underserved individuals. CMS plans to define “underserved” by dual eligibility status. Similar adjustments have been added to the Medicare Shared Savings Program and in Medicare Advantage and Part...
Medicare Advantage Star Ratings Drop Again For 2025, the average star rating for Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug contracts was 3.92, compared to 4.07 for 2024, 4.14 for 2023 and 4.37 for 2022. ByMarissa Plescia MedCity Influencers Patient Safety Structural Measure Marks Progress Towards Safer an...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the final 2024 MA and Part D rule that introduces key policy changes. In addition to prior authorization, the rule includes changes for star ratings as well as provider directory and marketing reforms. ...
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...
30, 2023.The 5-star Robin Medicare Advantage plans will be available in 16 counties in northeast Wisconsin in 2023, including Door County for the first time.For more about HealthPartners Robin Medicare Advantage plans, visit healthpartners.com/robinmedicarepartner. ...