This helps these individuals to make informed decisions on which nursing homes to consider for needed services. Consumers: The CMS rating system gives patients, residents and family members a broad overview of how they assess nursing homes for quality.The ratings are also often a first stop for lenders and investors, who consult them to decide whether a nursing home is a safe investment. These ratings are increasingly used by consumers, regulators, insurers and other payers and provider networks to select which facilities they will consider having relationships with. Receiving a better than average 5-star rating has never been more important to nursing homes. Growing Importance of Nursing Home 5-Star Ratings Quality Measures (QMs) – The QM measure rating has information on 16 different physical and clinical measures for nursing home residents.Staffing – The staffing rating has information about the number of average care hours provided to each resident everyday by nursing staff.Health Inspections – The health inspection rating contains information from the last 3 years of on-site inspections, standard surveys, and any complaint surveys.Under this system, there is one overall 5-star rating for each nursing home made up of separate ratings for:
Nursing homes 5-star ratings have much above-average quality and those with 1-star have quality much below-average. The Nursing Home Compare website features a system that gives each nursing home a rating between 1 and 5 stars.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) created the 5-Star Quality Rating System to help consumers, families and caregivers compare nursing homes more easily and to help them decide which facilities to consider. Visitation Guide Updates: Click here for The GreenFields visitation guidelines and other COVID-19 updates.
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