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 announced a new Innovation Center model aimed at helping ensure people with Original Medicare receive care.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a new initiative aimed at improving prior authorization ...

Medicare is requiring more pre-treatment approvals in its fee-for-service program in a bid to root out unnecessary care, ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 27 announced the rollout of a 6-year technology-enabled prior authorization ...

In fiscal 2023, the most recent year for which detailed financial information is available, Medicaid’s net cost was $894.2 ...

When you turn 65 and enroll in Medicare, your eligibility for Medicaid may change—even if your income stays the same. This is due to how Medicaid rules differ for people under and over the age ...

The Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport model, which CMS ended early in 2023, failed due to problems with program ...

You’ll also qualify if you’re eligible for one of four Medicare Savings Programs, which provide Medicaid coverage for out-of-pocket Medicare expenses.To qualify in 2025, limits on income for an ...

The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security’s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have contributed to closer projected ...

Sen. Markey worries about Medicare, Medicaid cuts ... The budget reconciliation bill, recently passed by the House of Representatives, triggers $500 billion in cuts to Medicare.

That includes provisions that could potentially change cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and S.N.A.P programs “If the Republicans proposal is enacted, these rural hospitals will be at the greatest risk of ...