The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), Center for Clinical Standards and Quality recently announced upcoming changes to skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) profiles on the Medicare Care ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has improved its Physician Directory tool through the launching of the first phase of its Physician Compare website, which will provide consumers with ...
On June 18, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published new guidance announcing a major change to the way Care Compare will display survey information and the methodology for calculating the ...
Dr. Conway writes that the addition of the star rating system aims at making the quality information available on these websites easier to understand for consumers. CMS’ Nursing Home Compare website ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services conveys its policies (and directives) through its Quality, Safety & Oversight (QSO) memos. On Jan. 18, 2023, CMS announced that beginning on Jan. 25, 2023, ...
The Biden administration wants to add a “birthing-friendly” designation to facilities on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS') Care Compare website. The designation, announced Tuesday ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week it was adding star ratings to its Hospital Compare database, providing for a quick-glance rating system consumers can use when ...
CMS previously demonstrated its commitment to making information user-friendly when it redesigned the Physician Compare site in June 2013, adding an intelligent search function. In addition to ...
With the Medicare open enrollment period set to begin October 15, a new KFF analysis finds that 7 in ten beneficiaries say they didn't compare their coverage options during a recent open enrollment ...