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Medicare Delays Plans For New Star Ratings On Hospitals After Congressional Pressure

The “overall hospital quality” rating is designed to help consumers who are sometimes confused by the variety of quality measures that the government already provides. But members of Congress had asked for the delay because of concerns that the methodology for the stars was not accurate.

New Research Effort To Solve Opt-Out Problem in State’s Duals Demonstration

University of California researchers are trying to figure out where the dual-eligible demonstration project may be going wrong — and where it may be headed in the right direction.