CMS updated its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for 2021, giving 455 hospitals a rating of five stars and HMSL is one of them.
Why it’s important
CMS’ star rating system, launched in 2016, assigns stars based on 48 measures in the following five categories: mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely and effective care. This differs from CMS’ previous method, which included 65 measures across seven groups.
The numbers
- 204 hospitals received a one-star rating
- 690 hospitals received a two-star rating
- 1,018 hospitals received a three-star rating
- 988 received a four-star rating
- 455 received a five-star rating
Dig deeper
Click here to see a list of all the five-star hospitals. Click here to see how the hospitals in Sugar Land were rated.
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