A video of a patient discharged from the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in Baltimore and left at a bus stop wearing only a thin hospital gown has prompted criticism of the hospital, an apology and the promise of a state investigation.

Full-year quality reporting will be required in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for the first time in 2018, but clinicians haven’t received word from CMS on whether they’re eligible to participate, according to the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA).

Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) computer model capable of identifying the progression of kidney damage and predicting the remaining life of the organ using biopsy images. Findings were published in Kidney International Reports.

Following up on criticisms of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) at recent meetings, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) formally voted to recommend scrapping the payment system, arguing the program replicates flaws from those it was meant to replace.

CMS has released guidance for how states can seek Medicaid waivers imposing requirements for beneficiaries to work in order to receive coverage, a move which some healthcare groups quickly condemned and threatened to sue in order to stop.

Health insurance co-op Maine Community Health Options (MHCO) has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over the Trump administration’s decision to stop making cost-sharing reduction subsidies, or CSRs.

A never-before-released document shows the extent of plans within HHS and the Trump administration to alter the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through executive and regulatory action, many of which have since been enacted.

Humana has terminated its membership in America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the largest lobbying group for the health insurance industry, following the departures of other major insurers in recent years.