CMS Releases Five-Star Quality Rating System Three-year Report

CMS issued S&C 13-44-NH containing the three-year review of the Five Star Rating System.  Click here to read the report. The report contains the results of an analysis that examined trends in the first three years of the Five-Star Quality Rating System. (2009-2011).  The report states:  “Since implementation of the Five-Star Quality Rating System, there have been improvements in nursing facility performance in all three domains of quality that the system utilizes: health inspection surveys, quality measures (QMs) and staffing levels.”