National Consumer Health Care Ratings Have Arrived

August 15, 2011

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are continuing their push for transparency in the field by launching the Quality Care Finder. This will allow Medicare beneficiaries to compare quality measures among their local hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, and other health care facilities.

The consumer ratings are based on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS), which is the same patient survey that CMS is using in . . .