CMS Delays Quality Star Program

CMS Delays Quality Star Program

 

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced they are delaying updates to the Hospital Quality Star Program. Updates were set to be released in October, but CMS has decided to continue examining the program. Rural hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals have been disproportionately disadvantaged by the Quality Star Program, with 762 rural hospitals receiving no stars at all. CMS taking more care into examining and updating the program could be good news for these hospitals.