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Trump admin blocks over $1.6B in potentially fraudulent Medicare lab payments: CMS

The CMS Fraud Defense Operations Center has also accounted for more than $371 million in Medicare suspended payments involving 267 providers and suppliers since Jan. 1, the agency...

Op-ed: Hospitals on the edge, a time for CMS to do no harm

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' job is to implement last year's $911 billion Medicaid spending reduction, not cut even deeper than Congress intended, New Jersey H...

Zero-Trust Strategies Help CMS, VA Improve Visibility and Control

To say that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services handles a lot of data would be an understatement. This agency within the Department of Health and Human Services admini...

Trump admin. halts $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his agency is pausing $867.5 million in Medicaid payments to California and $199 million to Minnesota.

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Trump officials seek public input to overhaul Medicare payment system ...

On prior auth, CMS responds to AMA concerns

The American Medical Association (AMA) welcomed updated guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that strengthens enforcement of federal prior authori...

Trump Admin Blocks $1.6 Billion in Potentially Fraudulent Medicare Lab Bills

By Naveen Athrappully Enforcement actions carried out by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have stopped over $1.6 billion in potentially improper Medicare lab...

ACCESS to Better Care- Things to Know About CMS’s ACCESS Innovation Model

Crushing and Flexing: CMS Proposes to Expand Its Discretion to Deny and Revoke Medicare Enrollment

Dr. Mehmet Oz visits Lexington amid ongoing concerns over Medicaid cuts in Kentucky

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the U.S. administrator for Medicare and Medicaid Services, visited Lexington Friday afternoon as debates over Medicaid funding continue at both the federal and state...

Citing fraud, feds halt more than $1B in Medicaid money for California, Minnesota

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is freezing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota in an effort to crack down on fraud. Medicaid i...

CMS Pivots to Risk-Based Cybersecurity Model, CISO Says

CMS Chief Information Security Officer Keith Busby said that the agency is transitioning from a compliance- to risk-based cybersecurity model One of the agency’s strategies is to u...

Citing fraud, feds halt more than $1B in Medicaid money for California, Minnesota

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is freezing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota in an effort to crack down on fraud. Medicaid i...

CMS puts more pressure on DME suppliers as part of anti-fraud push

The Trump administration is cracking down further on durable medical equipment suppliers as part of its broader push to root out fraud.

Trump admin pausing over $1B in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota

The funding freezes are due to “suspected fraud and noncompliance,” U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a Tuesday press conference.

Leading ACCESS Model Participants

The CMS Advancing Chronic Care with Effective Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model went into effect on July 5. The 10-year, voluntary model aims to bring “technology-supported care” o...

CMS releases FY 2027 IPPS final rule

CMS proposes major Medicare reforms to shift physician pay, phase out MIPS and expand ACO participation

The Trump administration is proposing sweeping changes to Medicare payment and value-based care programs it says will expand accountable care, modernize physician payment and help...

CMS updates guidance on prior authorization transparency

CMS has updated its guidance on prior authorization metrics reporting, addressing the AMA’s concerns about how health insurers were disclosing requirements and outcomes, according...

CMS ending Medicare Part D subsidy program

The Trump administration announced that it will end a subsidy program that aimed to keep premiums low for Medicare Part D beneficiaries.

Democratic Senators Urge Withdrawal of Interim Final Rule on Medicaid Work Requirements

Democratic senators are urging CMS to withdraw its Medicaid work requirements rule, arguing it will create administrative burdens and cause eligible beneficiaries to lose coverage....

AMA applauds updated CMS prior authorization reporting guidance

The organization said the agency responded to its concerns about payers' implementation of the transparency provisions of the 2024 final rule.

Citing fraud, feds halt more than $1B in Medicaid money for California, Minnesota

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is freezing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota in an effort to crack down on fraud. Medicaid i...

CMS' mandatory VBC programs brought substantial administrative costs for hospitals: study

Four mandatory value-based payment programs were associated with more than $3 billion in aggregated administrative costs compared to non-participating hospitals, researchers' analy...