CMS Unveils Data On Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, AHA Still Upset

By Michelle M. Stein / July 22, 2016 at 2:20 PM
CMS on Thursday (July 21) put out data on the national distribution of overall hospital quality star ratings and by hospital characteristics and said it would soon post the ratings for individual hospitals, but hospitals remain concerned. Key hospital groups earlier this month asked CMS to work with them to validate the methodology for the overall hospital quality star ratings before publishing the ratings. Dozens of House and Senate lawmakers had previously also urged CMS to delay publishing the ratings...

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