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

Nahid Bhadelia, an infectious disease physician at Boston Medical Center and the director of Infection Control at National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, penned a commentary about donated medical devices in the developing world on NPR.com.

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.

Using patient experience scores from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) is working as intended within CMS’s Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program, according to a 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.