Compare Providers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offers several online search tools to help people with Medicare and their caregivers locate, compare, and evaluate providers. The following resources will help you get started. Use them to help you compare facilities and make a decision.

Compare Tools:

• Home Health Compare
  This tool provides you with information on how well the home health agencies in your area care for their patients.

• Hospital Compare
  This tool provides information on how well hospitals care for all their adult patients with certain conditions or procedures. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide. Talk to your doctor to help you, your family, and your friends make the best hospital care decisions possible.

• Nursing Home Compare
  This tool provides detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare-and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the country.

• Dialysis Facility Compare
  This tool provides important information and resources for patients and family members who want to learn more about chronic kidney disease and dialysis. This information will help you compare dialysis facilities and be able to talk to your doctor about this information to help you, your family, and your friends make your best hospital care decisions.

For more information and access to other online tools and resources, visit www.medicare.gov.