CMS is planning to publish a new set of regulations Sept. 16 that require healthcare providers to comply with new disaster preparedness guidelines. 

CMS is drawing near unanimous praise from medical associations for allowing greater flexibility for providers to comply with the payment reforms in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).

Insurers requesting risk corridor payments to cover losses on the exchanges in 2015 won’t get any money, with CMS saying all the funding available will be put toward the existing shortfall for the 2014 benefit year.

As conglomerate manufacturing company 3M continues to build up its healthcare records and population analytics platforms, it has acquired Semfinder, a Switzerland-based medical coding technology company.

Ohio’s proposal to charge Medicaid beneficiaries premiums—and end coverage if enrollees fall behind on payments—has been rejected by CMS.

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’s mandatory bundled payment model for knee and hip replacement will penalize hospitals which take care of complex patients, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.

Medicare costs were lower when beneficiaries received surgeries at hospitals with lower mortality rates and higher patient satisfaction scores, according to a study published in the journal Health Affairs, which may illustrate the importance of post-acute care for bundled payment models.