What is the New Home Health Compare Star Ratings System? Currently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) informs the public about Home Health Agencies (HHA) by providing written material about each agency. Starting in July of 2015, the CMS will begin compiling that information into an easy-to-understand Star Ratings System available to the… Continue reading An Introduction to the New Home Health Compare Star Ratings
Originally published by Tortolano & Company. Read about how CMS is putting the final touches on adding star ratings to Home Health Compare.
By Julie Appleby for The Washington Post Starting immediately, the federal government is making it harder for nursing homes to get top grades on a public report card, in part by increasing scrutiny of the facilities’ use of anti-psychotic drugs and raising the bar on an array of quality measures. The grades — in the form… Continue reading Government Raising Bar on Ratings Of Nursing Homes