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CMS publicly unveils hospital star ratings
After months of delays, CMS in July publicly released its hospital star ratings system on its Hospital Compare website. The public can now see the Hospital Compare overall rating for 3,662 hospitals across the U.S.
The release came after several key developments in CMS' Hospital Star Ratings program. Earlier in July, a consortium of hospital groups published a letter calling for CMS to release all their data on the star ratings methodology. The letter included a report by a Georgetown University economist and statistician who pointed out several discrepancies in CMS' scoring methodology.
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