The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is set to reveal overall star ratings for hospital quality on April 21, but 60 senators have urged the agency to delay the release amid concerns about incomplete and misleading data.
In a letter to Acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt, the senators say that flaws in quality measures lead to wide variations between CMS’ quality ratings and other reports, echoing 2015 research that found four other ratings systems were often at odds, leading to widespread confusion among consumers.
