Star Ratings
Articles on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' quality measures and star ratings. Hospitals and health systems have long supported transparency on quality. While some of the revisions included in the star ratings methodology have improved transparency by moving away from the statistically heavy and difficult to interpret approach used in the past, AHA continues to be skeptical about whether quality rankings or rating scores can meaningfully reflect hospital performance without bias.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that it will delay until at least July 2016 the release of overall hospital quality “star ratings” on its Hospital Compare website. The ratings were originally scheduled to be released April 21.
CMS delays release of Hospital Compare Overall Star Ratings.
At the urging of hospitals and more than half of both the House and Senate, CMS delayed the launch of their overall star ratings program.
Two-hundred and twenty-five House lawmakers April 18 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order “to provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its…
As many as 225 members of the House of Representatives today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order “to provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its…
Sixty senators today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order “to provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its impact on different types of…
Sixty senators today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order “to provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its impact on different types of hospitals, and…
Incorporating patient and family preferences and medical needs into Medicare’s five-star rating system for nursing homes results in substantially different rankings, according to a study reported today in Health Affairs.
Bipartisan letter asks CMS to delay release of Hospital Compare Star Ratings until methodology and accuracy are improved - Urge your senators to sign the letter