SUMMARY: This final rule will update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2018. Additionally, this rule includes new quality measures and provides an update on ...

On December 7, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new final rule on the risk adjustment methodology for the 2018 plan year. The final rule made no changes from the ...

Providers who fail to meet the standards of the Physician Quality Reporting System in 2016 will get a pass from CMS in 2017 and 2018, the agency has announced. CMS said it will not penalize providers ...

In late September 2019, CMS released the performance results for the sixth year (2018) of Medicare’s flagship ACO program, the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). We have tracked the progress of ...

CMS said Friday that it issued a final rule about insurer risk-adjustment payments for 2018, saying it wanted to provide consistency while the outcome of a court case about the issue is still in play.

Earlier this month, CMS announced that 561 accountable care organizations will be participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2018, with 10.5 million assigned beneficiaries. Earlier this ...

The average Medicare Advantage monthly premium will decrease by $1.91, or about 6 percent in 2018, from an average of $31.91 in 2017 to $30, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...

Healthcare spending increased 4.6% in 2019 to $3.8 trillion as the suspension of the health insurance tax helped offset faster growth in hospital, physician and clinical service spending. The Centers ...

Last week CMS issued its anticipated proposed rule to implement the Supreme Court’s decision last year which ruled that CMS’ reduction in Medicare payments for Part B outpatient drugs purchased ...

I won't keep you in suspense. The standard Medicare Part B monthly premium for 2019 will be $135.50, a modest increase of just $1.50 per month over 2018's standard premium. In addition, the annual ...

The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B will be $135.50 in 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Friday. About 2 million Medicare beneficiaries — 3.5 percent — will pay ...