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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its latest improper payment estimates, reporting tens of billions of dollars in payments that failed to meet program requirements …
CMS Reports Billions in Improper Payments, But Says Most Are Paperwork Errors Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In one of the largest investments ever aimed at rural health care, the federal government is sending money to every state under a $50 billion program designed …
All 50 States Land Rural Health Funding in Sweeping $50B Federal Push Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pennsylvania is set to receive more than $193.2 million in new federal funding as part of what federal officials are calling the largest rural health care investment …
Pennsylvania Lands $193M in Historic Rural Health Funding Under Trump Plan Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a move that could reshape how obesity and metabolic disease are treated nationwide, federal health officials unveiled a new strategy to bring high-profile GLP-1 weight-loss drugs …
Weight-Loss Drugs Could Hit Medicare for $50 as CMS Upends Coverage Rules Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health officials are rolling out a sweeping set of Medicare and health policy changes that will reshape wound care coverage, accelerate technology-supported treatment for chronic disease, …
Medicare Tightens Coverage, Backs Tech Care, and Pushes Price Clarity in 2026 Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Health and Human Services rolled out a wide-ranging set of actions in mid-December that signal a major shift in federal health policy, spanning chronic …
HHS Unveils Sweeping Health Agenda Touching Lyme, Newborns, AI, and Care Rules Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health officials recently unveiled new guidance directing states to implement landmark Medicaid community engagement requirements, marking one of the most consequential overhauls of eligibility and financing …
CMS Orders States to Enforce Medicaid Work Rules in Sweeping Reform Push Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government is quietly preparing one of the most sweeping overhauls of Medicare policy in years, advancing a slate of proposed and final rules that could …
Medicare Shake-Up: Inside CMS’s Sweeping Plan To Rewrite The Rules For Seniors Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government is rolling out one of the most sweeping Medicare overhauls in years, reshaping how the program pays for kidney dialysis, hospital outpatient services, surgeries, …
Inside Medicare’s Massive 2026 Overhaul: Who Wins, Who Pays, Who Hurts? Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this past week unveiled a wave of sweeping health policy actions — from a new artificial-intelligence prize for family …
HHS Launches AI Caregiver Prize as New Medical Review Sparks Fierce National Debate Read More