One possible symptom of hospital consolidation, exhaustion or confusion: Fewer have star ratings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The number of hospitals that sent CMS enough of the right data to be graded on the agency's five-star quality rating system fell to 2,847 this year, down 7.4% from the number that earned star ratings in 2023, according to an analysis of the 2023 and 2024 star rating Quality Updates and Specifications reports.
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