The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finally released its list of star ratings for more than 3,600 hospitals.
Here's the breakdown of hospitals according to each rating, as per an analysis by Kaiser Health News:
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5-star rating: 102.
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4-star rating: 927.
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3-star rating: 1,752.
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2-star rating: 707.
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1-star rating: 129.
- No rating due to insufficient data: 1,047.
It appears that the ratings were based on somewhat of a curve. It's unclear whether CMS intended, like a college professor, to grade in a way that gave only a sliver with the highest or lowest marks.
Oftentimes ratings from public sector entities are heavily weighted in one way or another. For instance, it is not uncommon for a large percentage of schools to be poorly rated, just as it's often the case that the great majority of teachers will be given satisfactory ratings.
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