Over the last three years, under the Trump Administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been advancing innovative payment and service delivery models to help move our health ...

The Next Generation Accountable Care Organization program saved Medicare $559 million in 2019 as the program’s future remains in doubt. The National Association of ACOs released an analysis on the ...

Following CMS’ announcement of proposed rules for the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Community Oncology Alliance (COA) released a statement calling the proposals “puzzling.” The statement ...

CMS said it responded to complaints about its 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)—which it finalized today—and will not collapse 5 billing codes down to 2, which had drawn an outcry ...

Healthcare spending in the U.S. increased 4.6% in 2019 — on par with previous years and accounting for 17.7% of the nation's total gross domestic product compared with 17.6% in 2018, an analysis from ...

1. Medicare 2019 Payment Final Rule. Medicare-certified ASCs should note CMS’ final rule means the hospital market basket will be used for the first time to update ASC payments. In the past, CMS used ...

The savings represents a $940 million increase over the $1.7 billion saved in 2018. Medicare's Shared Savings Program generated $2.6 billion in savings in 2019, and netted $1.2 billion after paying ...

The FY 2019 Medicare FFS estimated improper payment rate is 7.25 percent, representing $28.91 billion in improper payments, compared to the FY 2018 estimated improper payment rate of 8.12 percent, ...

Starting in 2019, Medicare Advantage plans will have the flexibility to target non-medical health-related services to members who have chronic care conditions. MA insurers will be able to target ...

New government data puts in stark relief how dramatically telehealth use exploded last year, with the share of Medicare visits conducted virtually skyrocketing from just 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 ...