On August 15, 2025, CMS announced it will temporarily pause monthly updates to the Nursing Home Care Compare Five Star Rating System, as of July 30, 2025, continuing through September. During this time, all information presented on Nursing Home Care Compare, including star ratings, will remain static and will not reflect any updates. Regular data refreshes are anticipated in October 2025. In mid-July, CMS successfully transitioned its nursing home survey and certification data infrastructure from the legacy Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES) to a cloud-based Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES). This temporary pause will allow CMS to validate data integrity and verify that publicly reported information meets CMS quality standards before resuming updates.