Physician-owned hospitals have earned high marks for patient care in CMS' new Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating program, according to a Physician Hospitals of America report.
Here are four things to know:
1. The program featured 102 hospitals in the nation that received five star ratings, of which 934 hospitals have four stars.
2. Of the 102 five-star rated hospitals, 37 hospitals were physician-owned.
3. The results show 83 (approximately 52 percent) of the 159 eligible physician-owned hospitals received either four-or five-star ratings in the program.
4. CMS will update the ratings every quarter.