A blog post by Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator of CMS, highlights the choices eligible physicians will have for the Quality Payment Program starting on Jan. 1, 2017.

Medicare and Medicaid providers will have to comply with CMS’ four new standards on emergency preparedness for natural and man-made disasters.

Responding to concerns from the healthcare industry, CMS announced it will provide several “pick your pace” options for providers to comply with the payment reforms in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).

Two pieces of legislation sponsored by Republicans would waive penalties for people who don’t have health insurance if their options are limited on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace.

In counties with the largest growth in Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment, there was “a significant decrease” in spending growth for fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare, according to a new study published in the journal Health Affairs.

Legislation aiming to speed up the regulatory approval process for medical devices and drugs and boost research funding will have to wait until after Election Day.

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, however, sounded optimistic about his agency getting another multi-billion dollar funding boost this year in a forum at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine on Aug. 30.

The number of people without health insurance fell to an all-time low of 8.6 percent in the first quarter of 2016, according to new data from the CDC, but the gains in insurance enrollment caused by the Affordable Care Act appear to be slowing down.