Both facility buyers and sellers may be rewarded by recently announced changes to the Care Compare nursing home ratings ...

Ballad Health System’s flagship acute care hospitals again scored poorly in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Star ratings but health system officials claim the rankings are unfair, can ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Final Rule impacting Star Ratings shows a clear shift in priorities to focus on health outcomes and equity, where success is defined less by ...

Dr. Kirk Sloan, LMH Health chief medical officer, explained that it takes hard work from staff across the hospital to achieve a five-star rating. “To be in the top 10% of the country is amazing.

It’s not that the current quality reporting program, value-based purchasing program, Five-Star and Care Compare metrics aren’t necessary, said Commissioner Scott Sarran, MD, of Harmonic Health ...

On a positive note, Star Health's expense ratio—which measures expenses as a percentage of earned premiums—has remained relatively stable, rising from 27.5% in 2019-20 to 30.3% in 2023-24 and ...

Supermarket Health Star Ratings have been a guide for shoppers since 2014, but how accurate are they? More for You. Joe Biden gives first major speech since leaving the White House.

Voluntary health star nutrition ratings on packaged foods introduced a decade ago have likely led to minimal health gains for New Zealanders, a new modeling study has found. Topics.

Health First's Heart & Vascular Program received a three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for its coronary artery bypass graft procedures. The STS star rating system is one of the ...

ORANGE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via IBN – Astiva Health, a fast-growing leader in culturally responsive Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MAPD) health plans, proudly ...

CMS was forced to rework quality ratings for 2024 after SCAN Health Plan and Elevance successfully won star ratings lawsuits. Elevance operates plans in 22 states to nearly 3 million Medicare ...