Healthcare Finance writes: Hospital quality data to be added to CMS Hospital Compare in July will not include Patient Safety Indicator results for fiscal year 2018 due to a PSI software issue, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Because of that, the overall hospital quality star rating for July will be updated using fiscal year 2017 PSI results. CMS anticipates that updated fiscal year 2018 PSI results will be available for the October preview period, and incorporated into the October 2017 public release of star ratings.
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