CMS Releases Updated Quality Star Ratings for Hospitals

Healthcare Informatics: After much anticipation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finally published the first release of its overall hospital quality star ratings on the agency’s Hospital Compare website.

The overall hospital quality star ratings are designed to help individuals and caregivers compare hospitals in an understandable way. The star ratings currently in place, which were released last year, made public how hospitals rate on several quality measures, with a focus on the patient experience at Medicare-certified acute care hospitals. They specifically use data from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey (HCAHPS) measures that are included in Hospital Compare. The site showcases 12 HCAHPS star ratings on Hospital Compare, one for each of the 11 publicly reported HCAHPS measures plus a summary star rating that combines or rolls up all the HCAHPS star ratings.

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