The following article was written by Ann O’Neill, RN, MBA/HCM, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health.By now, almost everyone in the ASC industry is aware of the new CMS quality ...

CMS pitches hospital pay with a 2.4% increase and launches a mandatory joint replacement payment model starting fiscal year 2027.

CMS has published a list of 202 measures under consideration for use in hospitals and other Medicare public reporting and payment programs. In publishing the list, CMS will be able to gain input on ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants industry help in digitizing clinical quality measures so healthcare providers can send them to CMS directly from their electronic health record ...

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, is coming soon, and with it CMS's Quality Payment Program, which requires providers who bill Medicare more than $30,000 a year to report ...

This story has been updated after publication with reaction comments from hospital industry associations. | The IPPS and LTCH ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed new regulations for 2027, aimed at lowering health care costs and expanding consumer choice. They also aim to protect taxpayers with a ...

Nursing homes will get a higher-than-expected 4.0% increase in their Medicare Part A payments in fiscal 2024, per a finalized Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule publicized late Monday. But ...

New research from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute found that most Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) ...

Amino, a San Francisco-based startup that uses claims data to help consumers choose a doctor, announced today that it now has access to Medicare claims data and has been certified by the Centers for ...