ICD10monitor March 4, 2024
The Star Rating program for hospitals summarizes quality information on important topics, like readmissions and mortality, after admissions for conditions such as myocardial infarction (MI) or pneumonia.
The overall ratings are assigned by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and range between one and five stars, outlining a variety of measures across five areas of quality and translating them into a single overall star rating for each hospital. The five measure groups include:
- Mortality;
- Safety of care;
- Readmission;
- Patient experience; and
- Timely and effective care.
Each qualifying hospital receives a summary score across 46 measures in these five measure groups. Each measure group is allocated 22 percent of the total score, except for the Timely and...
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