CMS published its fiscal year 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System final rule on July 31. Here are eight things to know: 1. CMS finalizes ...
CMS has unveiled a proposed rule for the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, including a new ambulatory specialty care model aimed at improving chronic disease management and reducing costs. “We are ...
Each year CMS publishes star ratings to measure the quality of health and drug services from Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug plans, or Part D plans. The star ratings system helps ...
1. Beginning this year, CMS added 11 procedures to the ASC-covered payment list, which included the addition of total shoulder and ankle joint reconstruction and meniscus transplants. The full list of ...
The Trump administration has finalized the rule that sets government payments to hospital outpatient facilities and ambulatory surgical centers, including a 2.6% rate bump for each. That is an ...