Valid ratings are essential to help patients find high-quality care.Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether using the highest-rated home health agency available in a ZIP code improves outcomes.Research Design: A retrospective study of 1,870,080 Medicare fee-for-service ...
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Cindy Henry, director of population health informatics at ZeOmega, says the program is still rebounding from COVID-19 provisions, but CMS – in incentivizing quality improvements – is raising the bar to reach top ratings. ByHIMSS TV
Remember, the shift in the Star Ratings system doesn’t have to be a disruption; instead, it can be a powerful impetus for health plans to emerge as stronger, more agile, and more responsive leaders in the healthcare industry changing lives for good....
Caregiverlist’s nursing home star ratings assist you to select a nursing home based on criteria from the nursing homes health inspection report. As nursing home inspections are only conducted once every 12 to 15 months and ownership and other factors can change, use this as a starting point....
“Currently most health plans are retroactive in their approach and only have CAHPS surveys and mock surveys to help guide improvements,” said Rex Wallace, Owner of Rex Wallace Consulting and Former VP of Medicare and Stars Ratings for Cambia Health Solutions. “I am thrilled to partner with ...
JAMA Health Forum. 2025;6(1):e244802. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.4802 In June 2024, a US district court judge ruled that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) inappropriately calculated Medicare Advantage (MA) Star ratings due to not implementing a previous...
Humana, one the country’s largest Medicare Advantage organizations, is suing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services over its 2025 star ratings results. By Noah TongOct 21, 2024 04:19pm Payers MA Star ratings 2025—Who are the winners and losers? UnitedHealth and Humana saw star ratin...
Ratings are based on measures related to quality of care (readmissions, cancer screening, chronic disease management), beneficiary experiences (access to care, rating of health plan), and administrative effectiveness (disenrollment, plan complaints, call center experience). In 2012, CM...
CAHPS surveys ask beneficiaries (or caregivers) about their experience with, and ratings of, their providers (e.g., hospitals, home health care, hospitals) and health plans. The consumer experience entails all the interactions an individual has with your plan and their perception of whether those...