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As part of the "CY 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective
Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final
Rule" (the "Final Rule") published on December
2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
("CMS") finalized policies designed to overhaul the
methodology used to calculate the Overall Hospital Quality Star
Rating effective 2021.
By way of background, the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating
was developed as a tool for consumers to use to make informed
decisions about where they receive care. CMS designed the
methodology for determining Star Ratings with the goal of including