Top Medicare and Medicaid officials want to create a “universal foundation” of quality measures aligned across all programs in a bid to ease reporting burdens and confusion. Officials with the Centers ...

The changes are expected to boost star ratings, which will increase insurers’ quality bonus payments. CMS estimates the revisions will increase federal spending by $18.6 billion over the next decade.

CMS pitches hospital pay with a 2.4% increase and launches a mandatory joint replacement payment model starting fiscal year ...

The following article was written by Ann O’Neill, RN, MBA/HCM, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health.By now, almost everyone in the ASC industry is aware of the new CMS quality ...

Skilled nursing facilities have an additional tool to measure their own quality improvement efforts under a new change to the quality measures rating domain. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

Federal officials propose structural changes to Medicare Advantage, reshaping how plans are rated, paid, and evaluated ...

MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In December 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) formally approved a new quality measure developed by the Quality Team at North ...

Health systems strapped for resources worry that reporting on new quality measures and transitioning to interoperability as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' final rule will be ...

CMS finalizes 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D rule with changes to star ratings, supplemental benefits, and Part D coverage effective June 1.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the first-ever home- and community-based services quality measure set to promote consistent quality measurement within and across state ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a Medicare Advantage (MA) rule with substantial adjustments to ...