The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its CY 2026 home health final payment rule on Monday. The rule projects a 6.4% ...

CMS has unveiled the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model, a new Innovation Center initiative aimed at reducing unnecessary services in traditional Medicare and streamlining the prior ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the federal agency that oversees health coverage programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said she is concerned about the speed at which Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday it will not be finalizing a rule proposed by the Biden administration that would have allowed Medicare and Medicaid ...

On November 26, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would revise the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program ...

Two senior agency veterans focused on policy and operations are working with DOGE to review the agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, which provide health insurance for about 1 in 4 Americans ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled the Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Advance Notice ...

Medicare announces drug prices for historic first round of negotiations. The floor price formula would be designed to capture value to patients, a calculation that is challenging but possible.

Hospital-at-home achieved cost savings among all top diagnosis groups, CMS reports; Proposed Medicaid cuts could slash HCBS spending by nearly half over 10 years, analysis finds; ...

House Republicans are probing a plan from the Biden-Harris administration to artificially lower Medicare Part D premiums ahead of the 2024 election.

Some fee-for-service spine procedures in traditional Medicare will have prior authorizations added, according to CMS’ new Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model. CMS is partnering with AI ...