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On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Medicare payment rates for hospital outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) services for calendar year (CY 2025).
Biden-Harris Administration Takes Groundbreaking Action to …
Oct 16, 2024 · Biden-Harris Administration Takes Groundbreaking Action to Expand Health Care Access by Covering Traditional Health Care Practices. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), approved section 1115 demonstration amendments that allow, for the first time ever ...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Approvals in Five States …
1 day ago · Building upon its commitment to expand health care coverage and ensure continuity of care, today the Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), approved five section 1115 demonstration amendments.
Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Rule Expanding Access to …
Apr 4, 2024 · Final Rule Promotes Healthy Competition, Increases Access to Care, and Protects Enrollees from Harmful Marketing and Prior Authorization. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is finalizing policies that continue to strengthen enrollee protections and ...
Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Medicare with Finalized ...
Oct 28, 2022 · Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates Medicare enrollment and eligibility rules to expand coverage for people with Medicare and advance health equity.
The Biden-Harris Administration Proposes New Standards to Help …
Apr 27, 2023 · Newly proposed standards and requirements would better ensure access to care, accountability, and transparency for Medicaid or CHIP services, including home and community-based services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today unveiled two notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs), Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (Access NPRM ...
Latest proposed cut—2.8%—shows need for Medicare pay reform
Jul 10, 2024 · The proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reinforces the clear need for systemic changes and follows a 1.69% Medicare pay cut in 2024 and 2% drop in 2023.
HHS Finalizes Physician Payment Rule Strengthening Person …
Nov 1, 2024 · Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced it is finalizing new policies in the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule to strengthen primary care, expand access to preventive services, and further access to whole-person care for services such as behavioral health, oral ...
Biden Medicare Team Plans to Tweak Disputed Quality Measure
1 day ago · The Biden administration is moving to lessen the impact of a problematic quality measure for Medicare managed care plans that has been the target of lawsuits in recent months. A number of private Medicare Advantage insurers have sued the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to contest their 2025 “star ratings,” which determine how much ...
Latest CMS hospital ratings released: Compare hospital ratings …
Aug 2, 2024 · The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released updated star ratings for nearly 3,000 hospitals nationwide on Wednesday, revealing that hundreds of local hospitals ranked lower...