CMS has finalized a 2.6% payment increase for inpatient services, boosted DSH payments, established new interoperability rules for prior authorization, and confirmed the launch of a controversial ...
A new CMS proposed rule would reduce the burden of prior authorizations by further shortening payer decision timeframes and ...
The WEDI baseline survey shows many providers and payers have yet to start implementing the requirements of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Advancing Interoperability and Improving ...
Healthcare and technology groups want Medicare Advantage plans included in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule to expand access to health information and improve the prior ...
A new CMS final rule increases IPPS payment rates by 2.6% for 2026 and finalizes several key policy changes, including the launch of a mandatory bundled payment model, new e-prescribing standards, and ...
As of February, a share of payers and providers had not yet started working toward the application programming interface requirements established by CMS’ interoperability and prior authorization final ...
CMS has published its final rule for Medicare Advantage and Part D in 2026, outlining a series of regulatory updates aimed at strengthening consumer protections and improving care coordination across ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 11, 2025, issued the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2026 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Acute Care ...
This past month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology put out a request ...