One day after the Social Security Administration announced that monthly benefits would increase by 2.8% next year, retirees got more good news. Medicare Part B premiums, which pay for outpatient ...

On September 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released performance results for the seventh performance year (2019) of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). Overall, 541 ...

Healthcare spending in the U.S. increased 4.6% in 2019 — on par with previous years and accounting for 17.7% of the nation's total gross domestic product compared with 17.6% in 2018, an analysis from ...

1. Medicare 2019 Payment Final Rule. Medicare-certified ASCs should note CMS’ final rule means the hospital market basket will be used for the first time to update ASC payments. In the past, CMS used ...

Following CMS’ announcement of proposed rules for the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Community Oncology Alliance (COA) released a statement calling the proposals “puzzling.” The statement ...

The FY 2019 Medicare FFS estimated improper payment rate is 7.25 percent, representing $28.91 billion in improper payments, compared to the FY 2018 estimated improper payment rate of 8.12 percent, ...

Starting in 2019, Medicare Advantage plans will have the flexibility to target non-medical health-related services to members who have chronic care conditions. MA insurers will be able to target ...

The savings represents a $940 million increase over the $1.7 billion saved in 2018. Medicare's Shared Savings Program generated $2.6 billion in savings in 2019, and netted $1.2 billion after paying ...

Buried within the latest issue of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) MLN Connects, dated January 14, 2021, is an announcement from the agency that hospitals with excepted hospital ...

Objective: To address concerns about payment adequacy in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, a 2017 federal policy change increased risk scores and associated capitated payments for community-dwelling ...

Participating Medicare Part D plans can officially begin covering weight-loss treatment in 2027. The initiative falls under CMS’ voluntary “Better Approaches to Lifestyle and Nutrition for ...