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CMS to implement Hospital Star Rating System
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service is launching a new five-star quality rating system on its Hospital Compare website, which posts quality ratings for more than 3,000 US hospitals, based on adherence to basic clinical care guidelines and other information, such as patient experience scores, readmission rates, mortality rates, and complication rates. More...12 Apr 2015


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