The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 30 issued its calendar year 2026 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system. This rule would reduce HH payments by an estimated 6.4% ...

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% ...

Some spine procedures that are traditionally fee-for-service Medicare cases will have prior authorizations added, according to CMS’ new Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model. CMS is ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out an Innovation Center model Friday to test new prior ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency that provides health coverage to millions of people. It oversees programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP. The CMS works ...

CMS recently released the 2023 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Participation and Performance Results At-a-Glance (PDF), which includes high-level metrics on participation, scoring and Medicare payment ...