This week marks what would have been the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, had it not been overturned by the Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson Whole Women's Health in 2022. The Biden administration made efforts to highlight advances and protections made in the name of reproductive health by the president to mark the...
Health insurance lobbyists and plans have put a ton of work into defending the Medicare Advantage (MA) program from proposed cuts and rule changes by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), but this week traditional Medicare gets community support of its own. And one insurer breaks from the pack to support the rule...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule that will increase the amount federal authorities can recoup from Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) that were overpaid due to incorrect diagnostic coding.
The Medicare Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) final rule means that CMS will also stop...
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced its timeline for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, a key point of legislation in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
In a press call, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said that the department will...
As the COVID-19-related public health emergency (PHE) winds down, concerns are being raised that the structures of support provided to the public during the crisis will have a negative impact on beneficiaries when the PHE comes to a close.
These include Medicaid enrollees, who have not been reviewed for qualification by state Medicaid...
In late February, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that after a full year of review, it would overhaul the Global Professional Direct Contracting Model and create the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (REACH) model. The redesign was intended to address...
