Updated October 31, 2024
On October 10th, CMS publicly released the 2025 Medicare Part C and D Star Ratings. Wakely has quantified the significant decline in 2025 Star Ratings on Quality Bonus Payments, or QBPs, for 2026. The result of our analysis: somewhere between $4 and $5 billion less in 2026 QBPs. This whitepaper dissects changes to 2025 Overall Star Ratings, highlights the biggest takeaways, and surmises what the future may have in store for the Star Rating program.
