The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center has achieved a 4-star rating for an acute care hospital, out-ranking the national average of 3-stars. An upward movement in this ranking scale is not an easy achievement as the data behind these star ratings lag anywhere from 6 to 18 months behind and the core measures are consistently changing. Carson Tahoe is one of the highest-ranked acute-care hospitals in Nevada. CMS annually releases ratings to objectively compare the quality of care for over 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals across the nation. For each hospital, CMS summarizes 57 core quality measures around mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, effectiveness of care, timeliness of care, and …
March 4, 2019