NQF November 6, 2019

Strengthening Public Use of Healthcare Quality Information

In July 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services introduced the Overall Hospital Star Rating system with the goal of summarizing quality measure data in a way that is easy for patients and consumers to understand.

Since its launch, some stakeholder groups have voiced support for the easily understandable format of the five star ratings, while others have questioned the methodology employed by the system and confidence in the validity of the Star Ratings performance results.

To address these concerns, NQF hosted...

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