CMS Retires Original Compare Tools
​The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are replacing the eight original care compare tools including the Nursing Home Compare, Hospital Compare, and...
Medicare Improper Payments Decline by $15 billion
​The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the rate of Fee-For-Service (FFS) Medicare improper payments has continued to decline, resulting in...
CMS announces Medicare Coverage for COVID-19 Antibody Treatment
​The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that effective November 10, 2020, Medicare beneficiaries can receive coverage of monoclonal antibodies for treatment...
FDA Issues Warning on Fraudulent Flu Products
Getting a flu vaccine is the best way to prevent the influenza disease and complications from that illness. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
CMS Issues Medicaid Managed Care Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care programs. The...
CMS issues changes to Medicaid Policies for Maintaining Medicaid Enrollment during the COVID-19 Public...
​​The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued a reinterpretation of Section 6008 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Section 6008 of...
HHS Issues Regulations Related to Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccines and Price Transparency for COVID-19...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued several provisions related to coverage of COVID-19 vaccines authorized or approved for use by the...
CMS Issues Enhanced Payments for New COVID-19 Treatments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new inpatient and outpatient payment provisions related to COVID-19 treatments delivered in those settings.
For COVID-19...
CMS Releases Medicaid and CHIP Scorecard
​The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their annual update to the Medicaid and CHIP Scorecard. The scorecard is an effort to...
AHA and CDC release Project Firstline COVID-19 Training for Health Care Workers
In partnership with the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Center for Health Innovation and other national health care organizations, the Centers for Disease Control and...
