The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) no longer will require states to report childhood and adolescent immunization statuses as it explores “alternative immunization measures.” In a Dec ...

The Trump administration has unveiled yet another new payment model, this one focused on the cost of GLP-1 therapies. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Tuesday announced the Better ...

Ever spend hours hunting for a file you swore you saved? Or find yourself scrambling for the latest version of a contract at the last minute? Or rewriting a template that seems to have vanished into ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is temporarily bringing furloughed employees back to work to help individuals sign up for health insurance plans during the open enrollment period. CMS ...

As Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools celebrates significant gains in student achievement, many educators who helped make those results possible say they — and their pocketbooks — are stretched thinner ...

CMS has outlined the activities that will and won’t continue during the federal government shutdown. The federal government shut down at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 after lawmakers failed to reach a spending ...

Durable medical equipment (DME) such as CPAP machines and hospital beds helps keep many patients out of expensive nursing home care and in their own homes. Unfortunately, creating the right payment ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking steps to rescind the controversial federal staffing mandate for nursing homes. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is ...

WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a “Crushing Fraud Chili Cook-Off Competition,” a market-based research challenge aimed at harnessing artificial ...

Intermountain Health, Providence, Bon Secours Mercy Health, the Cleveland Clinic, CVS Health, United Health Group and Amazon are among the 60 organizations that have pledged to work to implement ...

In a recent LA Times op-ed, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and Deputy Administrator Kimberly Brandt highlighted ongoing efforts to reduce Medicare fraud.

Berwick is a former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He is a senior fellow for health policy and Ducas is the VP of health policy at the Center for American Progress.