See how hospitals did in CMS overall star ratings: List is below

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released the star ratings for 4,784 hospitals.

The number of hospitals receiving five stars, 293, about equaled the number given one star, 282, while the majority of hospitals fell in the two- to-four star categories: 799 hospitals received two stars; 1,263 received three stars; and 1,087 got four stars.

No overall star rating was available for an estimated 1,060 hospitals. These hospitals are not listed in the alphabetical list below.

IMPACT

Star ratings make a competitive impact and drive systemic improvements as consumers use the Hospital Compare site to choose a provider.

TREND

CMS released the list on February 28, and also proposed future changes to the star ratings methodology. CMS said it would make more direct hospital comparisons in "like-to-like" comparisons, placing providers with similar characteristics into peer groups. For instance, smaller hospitals would be compared to other smaller hospitals instead of all hospitals.

CMS  is accepting comments on the proposed changes through March 29.

ON THE RECORD

The American Hospital Association said the star ratings have been flawed from the beginning.

"Today's update has not addressed the major concerns about the methodology and usefulness of the star ratings. That is why the AHA asked CMS to postpone its publication until concerns about the methodology could be remedied. We appreciate that CMS continues to seek comment on changes, but would have preferred the agency had waited to release these ratings until a more reliable methodology is in place," AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels said.

The star ratings were last updated in December 2017. CMS postponed the July 2018 release due to updates to its methodology.

Note: The list below is interactive and the view may be changed by clicking on the title categories.