![]() ![]() The long-term care leader’s guide to the Covid-19 vaccineĪccording to the Times, the system when rolled out drew praise from senior-care groups, who said it provided an easily comprehensible snapshot of nursing homes. In an industry with thin profit margins, critics warn nursing homes could misreport metrics ![]() Once calculated, the overall star rating-as well the individual scores for in-person inspections, staffing, and care quality-are posted to CMS' Care Compare website. The staffing score is based on how many hours staff spend with residents, while the care quality score is based on 15 care-based metrics, such as residents' medications and wounds. The overall star rating for each nursing home is based on three components: a grade from in-person inspections, which accounts for the majority of the ranking, plus two other ratings-staffing and care quality-that are determined largely by self-reported data. In 2008, lawmakers created a new nursing home rating system that aimed to streamline information about resident safety, staffing, and "dozens of other metrics" into a star rating system with a high score of five stars and a low score of one star. ![]() Hospital scorecards for post-acute providers About the CMS star rating system for nursing homes CMS' ubiquitous star rating system for nursing homes-which originally aimed to simplify "reams of information" about nursing homes' quality and safety into "objective, government-blessed metrics"-provides "a badly distorted picture of the quality of care at the nation's nursing homes," according to a New York Times investigation. ![]()
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