An Evolving Hospital Quality Star Rating System From CMS (2024)

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    May 17, 2021

    Karl Y.Bilimoria,MD, MS1,2; CynthiaBarnard,PhD, MBA1,2

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    • 1Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC), Department of Surgery, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

    • 2Department of Quality Strategies, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

    JAMA. 2021;325(21):2151-2152. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.6946

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    In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings program in an attempt to provide a single public measure of hospital quality, summarizing dozens of metrics on Hospital Compare.1 The star ratings carry considerable credibility, given that they are issued by the federal government, the single largest health care payer in the US. These ratings are used by patients and referring physicians to select sites of care, and by payers and purchasers to direct beneficiaries, select hospitals for contracts, and set payments to those hospitals.

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    Bilimoria KY, Barnard C. An Evolving Hospital Quality Star Rating System From CMS: Aligning the Stars. JAMA. 2021;325(21):2151–2152. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.6946

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