CMS Scales Back Exchange Star Ratings To Five-State Pilot In 2016

Updated Story CMS is scaling back the federal exchange market's quality star ratings initiative from a full-fledged national program to a five-state pilot for the 2017 plan year, the agency said in new guidance and a related blog out Friday (April 29). Quality star ratings for qualified health plans will be publicly reported nationwide for the first time in 2018, a year later than was originally expected. State-based exchanges can choose to show QHP quality data...