The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has designed a new web site to help nursing homes set quality improvement targets.

The Setting Tartets-Achieving Results (STAR) website lets nursing homes to set annual targets and track performance on four quality measures:high-risk pressure ulcers, physical restraints, depression, and chronic care pain. The STAR site and its tools are provided at no cost to all nursing homes across the nation.

By Using STAR You Can

• View your nursing home's quality measure trend report
• Compare your nursing home's performance to your state and national peers
• Select confidential performance-based targets
• Track achievement of targets over time

Benefits of Setting Targets

• Improve survey results
• Track your facility's performance on each quality measure
• See the impact of your efforts
• View automatically refreshed data quarterly
• Set your targets only once a year
• Save resources by using STAR to track performance

Set your targets on STAR today! Go to www.nhqi-star.org.