The CMS Independence at Home Demonstration saved more than $25 million during its first performance year while delivering high-quality patient care, according to a June 18, 2015 CMS announcement.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a "payment advisory" alerting approximately 1,400 clinicians who are Qualifying APM

CMS has made numerous technical and typographical corrections to its October 4, 2016 final rule revising the requirements that long-term care facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. v

The CMS Office of Minority Health has released a "Guide to Preventing Readmissions among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Medicare Beneficiaries."

CMS has released the July 2015 update to the Medicare Part B average sales price (ASP) files.

CMS has posted the October 2015 update to the Medicare Part B drug average sales price (ASP) files, containing the payment rates that will apply for the fourth quarter of 2015.

On October 22, 2015, CMS published a proposed methodology for determining federal payment amounts to states that elect to establish a Basic Health Program (BHP) to offer health benefits to low-income individuals...

CMS has issued a proposed rule establishing a methodology to reduce state Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments annually beginning with fiscal year (FY) 2018, as mandated by the Affordable Care Act (and modified in subsequent legislation).

CMS has extended the comment period on its October 1, 2015 request for information (RFI) regarding implementation of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and promotion of alternative payment models in accordance with MACRA.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") recently released three documents addressing payments for biosimilars under Medicare Parts B and D and Medicaid.

CMS has posted the payment amounts that will apply to Medicare Part B covered drugs for the first quarter of 2016.

On April 28, 2015, CMS is hosting its final call to discuss paper and clinical templates intended to assist physicians and practitioners in documenting patient eligibility for Medicare home health benefits.

On January 20, 2016, CMS is holding a call on data collection requirements related to global surgical periods as mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).

Citing an interest in improving its processes and eliminating unnecessary requirements, CMS is hosting July 13, 2018 "Provider Compliance Focus Group" meeting regarding Medicare fee-for-service compliance topics...

CMS has just announced that it is holding a public meeting on July 16, 2015 to discuss Medicare clinical laboratory fee schedule (CLFS) payment for new or substantially revised HCPCS codes for calendar year 2016.

CMS is holding meetings in May and June 2016 to discuss pending applications for new and revised Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes.

The policy is discussed in an educational article entitled "Recovering Overpayments from Providers Who Share Tax Identification Numbers" issued on June 22, 2016.

On October 21, 2015, CMS is hosting a provider call to discuss the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014.

CMS is hosting an educational call on November 2, 2016 to discuss reporting obligations under the June 23, 2016 Clinical Diagnostic Test Payment System final rule. As previously reported, under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA),

Based on a review of 10 state Medicaid Management Information Systems used to process claims and support program integrity efforts, the GAO has concluded that the effectiveness of these systems is not known.