Medicare and Medicaid
CMS Issues Historic Star Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes
Published in Health Insurance Law Weekly, January 4th, 2009
Facilities are assigned star ratings from a low of one star to a high of five stars based on health inspection surveys, staffing information, and quality of care measures. The ratings are publicly available on the agency's Nursing Home Compare Web site at www.medicare.gov.
"Our goal in developing this unprecedented quality rating system is to provide families a straightforward assessment of nursing home quality, with meaningful distinctions between high and...
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