The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has improved its Physician Directory tool through the launching of the first phase of its Physician Compare website, which will provide consumers with ...

Dr. Conway writes that the addition of the star rating system aims at making the quality information available on these websites easier to understand for consumers. CMS’ Nursing Home Compare website ...

CMS’ Hospital Compare website now includes new data on imaging rates at each hospital, according to a report by the Florida Times-Union. Unnecessary use of CT scans, MRIs and X-rays drives up medical ...

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CMS has added two imaging efficiency measures to the Hospital Compare website, according to an AHA News Now report. The lower the percentage or number of patients, the better. To read the two news ...

Over the past decade, the federal government has publicized 115 different ways to measure medical quality in hospitals, from assessing wait times in emergency rooms and noise levels outside hospital ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released its hospital star ratings that show at least a three-fold increase in the number of providers earning 5 stars this year over last. Of 4,805 ...