CMS made changes to the risk arrangement for large dialysis organizations. The guaranteed discount for those participants is 0% in year one, 1% in year two, 2% in year three, and 3% in year four ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued the 2025-2026 Medicaid Managed Care Rate Development Guide for states ...

CMS released the 267-page final rule for Pathways to Success under the Medicare Shared Savings Program in late December, and announced earlier this month that applications to participate in the ...

In 2008, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 included a provision that changed the Joint Commission's deeming authority status with CMS.

The AHA Aug. 11 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to prioritize payments to hospitals from the Rural Health ...

CMS also extended the application deadline by a month for a new due date of August 19. ACOs participating in the Pioneer Model cannot later participate in the Shared Savings Program. For more: ...

CMS selected 10 states--Alabama, Delaware, Idaho, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Montana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia--to receive the Medicaid information because their systems ...

CMS has announced an open period for more applications from hospitals to take part in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative's Model 1. The BPCI initiative includes four models ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services opened the application period for practices to participate in a new, nationwide primary care model dubbed Comprehensive Primary Care Plus, naming 14 ...