Quality Measures
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 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.
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
AHA comments to CMS regarding Guiding Principles for Design of the Star Rating System.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services anticipates that the July update to the Hospital Compare website will include performance data reported voluntarily by critical access hospitals, the agency told AHA, quickly responding to an AHA letter expressing 鈥渄eep disappointment鈥 that the鈥