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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funding for certain gender-transition treatments for minors beginning Oct. 13, imposing …
CMS Ends Federal Medicaid, CHIP Funding for Youth Gender Care Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a new pathway to shorten the lag between Food and Drug Administration authorization and national Medicare coverage for certain …
CMS Proposes RAPID Path to Cut Medicare Device Coverage Delays Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is urging states to strengthen oversight of applied behavior analysis services for children with autism after federal data showed Medicaid …
CMS Targets Autism-Therapy Oversight as Medicaid Spending Surges Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will require most eligible hospitals to participate in a national episode-based payment model for hip, knee and ankle replacements beginning …
CMS Expands Joint-Replacement Payment Model Nationwide Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end a temporary premium-stabilization program for standalone Medicare drug plans after 2026, returning Part D to traditional market conditions …
CMS Ends Part D Premium Stabilization for 2027 Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said its Medicaid Fraud War Room helped stop more than $203 million in potentially improper payments during its first 88 …
CMS Says Fraud Unit Blocked $203 Million in Medicaid Payments Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is urging state Medicaid programs to restrict or eliminate coverage for mercury-containing dental fillings, a federal push that could shift …
CMS Presses States to End Medicaid Amalgam Coverage Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed new limits on state health care-related taxes that the agency estimates would reduce federal Medicaid spending by $246 billion …
CMS Tax Rule Would Cut Federal Medicaid Spending by $246 Billion Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week deferred more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to …
CMS Defers $1 Billion in Medicaid Payments to States Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has outlined a broad strategy to overhaul Original Medicare by expanding accountable care, revising physician payment methods, increasing price transparency …
CMS Outlines Medicare Overhaul to Expand Value-Based Care Read More