A group of former appointees under the Obama administration are urging federal officials to preserve the Global and Professional Direct Contracting model, stating that the model helps accountable care...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program will care for more beneficiaries in 2022, making it the largest alternative payment model in Medicare despite lackluster ACO...
A federal judge in Texas has dismissed the state’s challenge of CMS’ vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, paving the way for the federal agency to enforce the mandate across the...
A comment letter from the American Hospital Association (AHA) to CMS requested changes and increased clarity concerning the agency’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare...
CMS announced it would be reinstating the COVID-19 healthcare worker vaccine mandate to facilities in 25 states and the District of Columbia that are not affected by the preliminary...
CMS announced they would be funding 1,000 new Medicare residency slots to address labor shortages in rural and underserved communities as part of the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final...
The COVID-19 pandemic had a dramatic impact on US healthcare spending in 2020, according to a report recently released by the CMS Office of the Actuary.
The “2020 National Health Expenditures...
A letter from the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) called on CMS to revise the interim final rule implementing the No Surprises Act, explicitly changing legislation that favors...
CMS has officially suspended the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers following two court orders to pause the interim final rule implementing the mandate from the Biden...
CMS has released 11 documents to help providers comply with the No Surprises Act’s requirement that providers give patients a “good faith estimate” of expected charges.
The No...
CMS has notified providers via email that it will not move forward with the Seriously Ill Population (SIP) Component of the Primary Care First Model. The Model started in 2021 but the Biden...
An estimated 30 percent of healthcare workers were not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of September 2021, according to a CDC analysis published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
The...
Ten states led by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson have filed a lawsuit against CMS and the Biden Administration challenging the COVID-19 vaccine...
CMS is exempting all individual eligible clinicians from Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) participation in the 2021 performance year (PY). The eligible clinicians will receive an automatic...
CMS has officially rescinded a final rule published by the Trump Administration that would have expedited the Medicare coverage process for breakthrough devices. The agency said it will take a...
UPDATED CMS has finalized the calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule to promote greater telehealth utilization, boost reimbursement rates for vaccine administration, and improve...
UPDATED CMS has made changes to the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) alternative payment model, ESRD Treatment Choices, to directly address health equity.
The ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC) Model is...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has asked CMS to include Medicare Advantage organizations in its proposed rule that would streamline the prior authorization process and reduce patient care...
The Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model has saved Medicare millions of dollars over the past four performance years. But with one more year to go due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the...
A group of healthcare organizations, led by the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), has asked CMS to provide accountable care organizations (ACOs) with the option to use pre-pandemic years to set...
