Hospital association leaders including Rick Pollack, president/CEO of the American Hospital Association and W. Stephen Love, president/CEO of the DFW Hospital Council, have spoken out against the release of today’s federal safety ratings by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in a story posted in The Dallas Morning News. A total of 276 hospitals in the state, including 56 in the North Texas, were rated in the release.

“The ratings raise far more questions than answers for consumers. They are not ready for prime time,” Pollack said.

“The assignment of star ratings implies that hospitals have been measured on an equal, or at least an equivalent basis,” Love said. “However, that is not the case. We agree that patients need to make informed decisions, but the information used to make health care decisions must be validated and accurate.”

You can read the full story, penned by Sabriya Rice, here.