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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday released the overall hospital quality star ratings that now include new methodology in five measure groups.
CMS rated over 4,500 hospitals from 1 to 5 stars, with five representing the highest quality rating.
Of 4,586 hospitals, 13.5%, or 455 hospitals, received 5 stars; 988 received 4 stars; 1,018 received 3 stars; 690 received 2 stars and 204 received one star.
For more than a quarter of hospitals, 1,181, no information was available.
This compares to January 2020 data when of the 5,340 hospitals listed, 396 received 5 stars; 1,132 received 4 stars; 1,108 got 3 stars; 710 received 2 stars; and 226 got 1 star. Another 1,761 had no rating information available.
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CMS on Tuesday proposed eliminating its plan for providers to disclose their contract terms with Medicare Advantage insurers, one of a slew of high ticket changes in its Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule.
In the proposed rule, CMS said hospitals would no longer be expected to report the median payer-specific negotiated charge with MA insurers on its Medicare cost reports retroactive to Jan. 1, 2021. The change would eliminate more than 63,000 burden hours for providers.
Hospitals have long challenged the agency s attempts to impose price transparency requirements, maintaining they wouldn t help consumers or lower healthcare costs.