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- Title
Amid Protests from Hospitals, CMS Releases Overall Star Ratings.
- Authors
Drachenberg, Jill
- Abstract
The article reports on the overall quality star ratings published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for Medicare hospitals in the U.S. Topics discussed include the quality measures data evaluated by CMS such as rates of complications and unplanned hospital readmission for hip/knee surgery patients, the response of American Hospital Association (AHA) President Rick Pollack to the star ratings, and the opposition of hospital industry organizations to the ratings.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HOSPITALS; HEALTH outcome assessment; CENTERS for Medicare &; Medicaid Services (U.S.)
- Publication
Same-Day Surgery, 2016, Vol 40, Issue 9, p106
- ISSN
0190-5066
- Publication type
Article