Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

The proposal targets workforce shortages, telehealth expansion, chronic disease management, medical education and emergency services modernization. read more >

Hospital price transparency may worsen as new rules starting Jan. 1 allow hospitals to replace exact costs with estimates, raising concerns over accountability. read more >

Advocates from around the country say problems with the government forms, websites and phone lines have led to the high number of people losing Medicaid. read more >

Contractual discounts vary widely, although they typically average more than 50% of the initial billed amount. read more >

Tough negotiations over reimbursement rates prompt another hospital to consider dropping UnitedHealthcare. read more >

In Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, New Hampshire and Oklahoma, about half or more of those whose eligibility cases were completed in April or May lost their Medicaid coverage. read more >

Under the proposal, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would require as many as 10 drug makers every year to furnish the government with proprietary and non-proprietary information as evidence to support the price it charges states. read more >

The shift in GOP support for postpartum Medicaid coverage is occurring in some states that have severely limited or outlawed abortion access. read more >

Staff at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are on the trail. They are secretly shopping for plans by calling the numbers linked to some online, TV and newspaper ads placed by these marketing firms, according to an agency memo sent to insurers last month. read more >