The Engine that Drives the CMS Five-Star Rating System

In recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has rolled out a Five-Star Quality Rating System aiming to help consumers, families, and caregivers compare nursing homes. These ratings and the data behind the ratings can be found on CMS's Nursing Home Care Compare website. In today's podcast, we discuss the engine behind the rating system with Pam Meador, Director of Regulatory Services with the West Virginia Healthcare Association. This webinar included a visual PowerPoint presentation. To watch a video recording of this episode, visit https://youtu.be/V66P-L0kitk. You can check out our other interviews by visiting qualityinsights.org/qin/multimedia.  This material was prepared by Quality Insights, a Quality Innovation Network - Quality Improvement Organization under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of CMS or HHS, and any reference to a specific product or entity herein does not constitute endorsement of that product or entity by CMS or HHS. Publication number 12SOW-QI-GEN-051222-CC-2.