Becker's Healthcare April 7, 2022
Jakob Emerson

Frank Micciche is vice president of public policy and external relations at the National Committee for Quality Assurance. He spoke with Becker’s to explain why the NCQA believes recent star ratings changes by CMS to the weighting of patient experience measures could have a negative affect on healthcare quality.

Question: This week, CMS released its final 2023 Medicare Advantage capitation and Part C and D rate announcement. What type of effect do you believe the changes to star ratings to more heavily weight patient experiences is going to have?

Frank Micciche: Patient experience is a hugely important factor in determining quality of care. However, we’re concerned at the magnitude of the increase in the weighting going from what was 1.5...

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