On December 11, 2014, CMS issued a fact sheet detailing its proposal for assigning an overall star rating for each home health agency (HHA) on the Home Health Compare website starting in 2015. An HHA’s star rating would be...more
Dialysis Facility Compare Star Ratings and Data Release – CMS has finalized its methodology for its Dialysis Facility Compare Star Ratings program and expects to post ratings to Dialysis Facility Compare in January...more
According to the report, 1,224 hospitals are “top performers.” The report was released in Chicago – not Lake Wobegon – but the number of top performers represents about 37% of all hospitals in the sample, which consists of...more
Secretary Burwell continues to settle in to her new position as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), this week making a number of management changes at the department; CMS released the long awaited proposed rule...more