Researchers found significant disparities in Medicare fee-for-service beneficiary spending in an analysis of Medicare claims data relating to COVID-19, according to a Centers for Disease Control and...
The Senate has confirmed Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by a vote of 55 to 44.
Brooks-LaSure is the first Black woman to lead the agency...
CMS announced it will be reweighting the cost performance category under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) from 15 percent to zero percent for the 2020 performance period to provide...
HHS unlawfully changed the weighting factors assigned to residents and fellows for Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) payments, according to a recent opinion from the US District Court...
CMS issued a final rule that makes changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, including revised episode definition and payment methodology, to adapt the model to changes in...
UPDATED The American Medical Association (AMA) has urged Congress to prevent pending Medicare spending cuts triggered by the latest COVID-19 relief plan.
In a March 16 letter to House Speaker...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened applications for the second cohort of the Primary Care First (PCF) value-based payment model which seeks to drive down costs and increase...
In its annual March report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended a 2 percent increase in Medicare hospital reimbursement rates in 2022 and no update for...
UPDATED 03/16/21 CMS has significantly increased Medicare reimbursements rates for the administration of new COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to accelerate rollout, according to a new...
UPDATED 04/16/2021 A bill is seeking to prevent across-the-board spending cuts triggered by the latest COVID-19 relief package, including the 2 percent Medicare sequester reduction, known as...
The latest $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package includes several provisions advantageous to healthcare providers but will leave them to face significant Medicare spending cuts in the future.
Passed...
Low-value care spending among fee-for-service Medicare recipients dropped slightly from 2014 to 2018. However, two of the three services that make up the majority of low-value healthcare spending,...
Healthcare organizations from across the care continuum are calling on Congress to act before the moratorium on the 2 percent Medicare sequester expires on Mar. 31, 2021.
Congress has paused the...
Nearly all Medicare providers have been impacted by at least one COVID-19 pandemic-related regulatory change, the Commonwealth Fund reports.
Under the Trump administration, there were 244 Medicare...
CMS has delayed the filing deadline for cost reports by two months for most healthcare organizations because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The agency posted in a COVID-19 Frequently Asked...
Seema Verma announced on her Twitter today that she is resigning as CMS Administrator in preparation for a new Medicare and Medicaid leader coming in next week under the Biden...
CMS has codified how it defines “reasonable and necessary” coverage for items and services that may be covered under Medicare Parts A and B in a new final rule.
The rule finalized on Jan....
Providing affordable health insurance coverage is a top goal for physicians and most believe healthcare can achieve that through a single-payer option, a new survey reveals.
The final installment of...
Healthcare spending variation has been a major challenge for the industry, but a new study in Health Affairs has found that the gap between high- and low-cost regions is getting smaller based on...
With Medicare spending growing at an unsustainable rate, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is advising Congress to accelerate the transition to value-based payment, using accountable care...
