Becker's Healthcare July 31, 2023
Two of the 12 hospitals that received “F” grades from The Leapfrog Group in spring 2023 earned four-star ratings on the CMS 2023 star rankings listing released July 26.
While six of the “F”-rated hospitals received one-star ratings from CMS, three earned two stars.
CMS ratings were retrieved from the Hospital Compare website. CMS assigns star ratings to U.S. hospitals annually based on 46 hospital quality measures. These are divided into five quality categories: safety of care, mortality, patient experience, readmission rates and timely and effective care. Data reporting periods range from July 2018 to March 2022, depending on the measure.
Leapfrog assigns grades every spring and fall to nearly 3,000 acute care hospitals, based on 22 patient safety...
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