Reflect higher standards for nursing homes to achieve a high rating on the quality measure dimension on the website.Research indicates that staffing is important to overall quality in a nursing home. Have improved calculations for staffing levels.The two existing quality measures – for short stay and long stay patients – will now be part of the calculation for the quality measures star rating. These medications are often used for diagnoses that do not warrant them. Include use of antipsychotics in calculation of the star ratings.CMS uses these three categories to offer an overall star rating, but consumers can see and focus on any of the three individual categories.īeginning today, nursing home star ratings will: CMS rates nursing homes on three categories: results from onsite inspections by trained surveyors, performance on certain quality measures, and levels of staffing. Star ratings allow users to see important differences in quality among nursing homes to help them make better care decisions. Today’s announcement also marks an important milestone to achieving the goal of implementing further improvements to the Five Star system in 2015, as the Administration announced last October. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today strengthened the Five Star Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes on the Nursing Home Compare website to give families more precise and meaningful information on quality when they consider facilities for themselves or a loved one.
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