The government ratings for nursing homes are volatile and have significant shortcomings, according to a recent study.

Medicare’s nursing home ratings are one tool people can use to evaluate potential long-term care facilities. While they offer insight into staff levels and performance on health and quality ...

Estimated to total at least $12.7 billion in 2025, it’s hard to overstate the impact of quality bonus payments for Medicare Advantage plans. Established contracts that achieve a four-star rating or ...

A previous Forefront article by these authors described how a two-tier framework—reformed Stars Ratings and a comprehensive Medicare Advantage (MA) Transparency Scorecard on non-clinical ...