The Trump administration's Medicare proposals could mean big changes how physicians are compensated. A standard cold and Stage 4 cancer would offer doctors identical payments regardless of a patient's medical complexities.
Essentially, the government would pay one of two rates depending on if the patient is new--higher rate--or...National News
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Seema Verma received a letter signed and supported by 28 medical organizations calling for CMS to re-evaluate and consider other options to deal with the decision to suspend risk-adjustment payments.
In the letter sent to Verma, the organizations pointed out the...National News
Insurers claim the Trump administration's decision to withhold billions of dollars in risk adjustment payments could result in higher premiums for millions.
It was confirmed Saturday that $10.4 billion in payments to insurers under Obamacare is suspended due to a court's ruling over the risk adjustment program in New Mexico....National News
To crack down on Medicaid fraud and waste, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will conduct audits of state programs and private Medicaid managed care plans as part of an initiative announced Tuesday, June 26.
CMS administrator Seema Verma attributed these plans to the agency's reformation of Medicaid for "a...National News
The Washington Post’s Paige Winfield Cunningham speaks one-on-one with U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, who outlines her vision for Medicaid.
Watch the video by following this link to the Washington Post
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Described as an effort to drive competition and affordability within state health insurance markets.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma believes that the new rule will create a stable ACA health plan market that lowers premiums for consumers and provides a greater variety of health insurance options.
In a press release, Verma...National News
The monumental administrative task seeks to fight identity theft and fraud.
Until now, Medicare used people's Social Security numbers. But Congress in 2015 passed a law requiring the agency to change that as a way to protect seniors from identity theft. The new identifiers will be a randomly generated sequence of 11 numbers and...
