Medicare
Every day, we see stories about the exorbitant costs of prescription drugs and the serious challenges they pose for individuals and the entire health care system.
One program that has a 25-year track record of improving access to medications and health care services for people in vulnerable…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a March 22 webinar on the Medicare Accountable Care Organization Track 1+ Model, which will begin in 2018.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has opened its online application portal for participation in the 2018 Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model. Organizations that wish to participate must submit a non-binding Letter of Intent by May 4.
The Health Resources and Services Administration today delayed, in accordance with a recent White House memorandum, the effective date of its final rule on drug ceiling prices and civil monetary penalties for
AHA letter to MedPAC
CMS on Dec. 20 finalized a new payment model that will bundle payment to acute care hospitals for heart attack and cardiac bypass surgery services. This Advisory highlights the critical changes CMS made to the programs from the proposed rule.
CMS yesterday issued its advance notice of proposed changes to Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D rates and payment polices for calendar year (CY) 2018. The notice includes the preliminary estimates of the national per capita MA growth percentage and Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) growth percentage…
The administration yesterday withdrew the Health Resources and Services Administration’s pending omnibus guidance for the 340B Drug Pricing Program. “We are pleased that the Administration chose not to finalize the Health Resources and Services Administration’s guidance, which, if enacted…