…and What Can 4- and 5-Star Hospitals Do to Not Slip?
The 2026 CMS Star Ratings are set for official release on May 13, 2026, with the preview data available on Feb. 19, 2026. This critical timing offers hospitals a brief window in which to understand how they’ve moved and to prepare messaging or interventions.
In this complimentary session, Dexur takes a data-driven approach to dissect how 1- and 2-star hospitals improved and how 3- and 4-star hospitals slipped — offering a blueprint for action, prevention and performance stability.
Who Should Attend?
C-suite leaders and quality professionals including vice presidents, directors and managers
What the Webinar Will Cover:
What 1- and 2-star Hospitals Did to Improve:
- Typical Domains with Percentile Gains (e.g., Patient Safety, Readmissions, Patient Experience)
- Measures Within Those Domains That Improved (e.g., COPD Readmission, CLABSI, Communication with Nurses)
- Five Named Hospital Case Studies
- Specific strategies deployed
- Timeline of improvements
- Lessons learned
What 4- and 5-star Hospitals Did that Led to a Slip:
- Typical Domains with Declines in Percentile Ranking (e.g., Mortality, EDAC, Infection Measures)
- Measures Within Those Domains That Declined
- Early warning signs missed
- Volatile metrics that shifted ratings
- Five Anonymized Hospital Case Studies
- Root cause insights
- Operational or data oversights
- Preventable slippage learnings
For any questions about the webinar, please contact Isabela Di Loreto, [email protected]. See you online!