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WATERTOWN â Samaritan Medical Center officials said the hospitalâs recent four-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services annual survey reflects its commitment to providing the best quality care for the community.
Samaritan announced Thursday that it had received a four-star rating from the Medicare and Medicaid Services group in its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, an improvement upon last yearâs three-star rating.
The Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating encompasses more than 50 inpatient and outpatient measures across five areas of quality into a single star rating, between one and five, for each hospital. The five areas include mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care. This rating corresponds with data Samaritan submitted to CMS in October 2020.
This new rating is an improvement upon last yearâs three-star rating â the national average.
The Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating encompasses more than 50 inpatient and outpatient measures across five areas of quality into a single star rating, between one and five, for each hospital.
The five areas include mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care. This rating corresponds with data Samaritan submitted to CMS in October 2020.
According to Samaritan Chief Executive Officer Thomas H. Carman, the hospitalâs Quality and Safety Program includes a comprehensive review of more than 30 quality and safety indicators, each having set targets that they strive to achieve.
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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
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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 as many hospitals and as many measuring criteria as possible.