The Medicare program allows the beneficiaries to receive formal notifications concerning the different benefits, denials and coverage status from the providers. The Advance Beneficiary Notices of Non-Coverage and Skilled...
Under the tenure of President Donald Trump, some of the key HHS positions are remaining vacant mostly at the subcabinet level. In the Department of Health and Human Services...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had recently announced that the participation letters for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) would be sent to all the Eligible Clinicians...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an Interim Final Rule on March 21, 2017, which delays the effective date of many new Medicare payment models...
Dr. Tom Price, the newly elected secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary, recently informed a House appropriations subcommittee that HHS is working on a new plan with President...
The stalling of the health care bill has put increasing pressure on President Donald Trump and the new Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. Together, both of them...
Recent reports suggest that the CMS is trying to improve provider and patient participation in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). They are planning to improve participation by automating the process...
In the latest move, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has delayed several bundled payment initiatives. This includes the implementation of cardiac bundled payment initiatives and the expansion...
President Donald Trump’s upcoming fiscal budget for 2018 is expected to direct more funds to curtail many of Medicare and Medicaid frauds, wastages, and abuses. It indicates major changes...
It is reported that doctors are potentially facing loss of millions of dollars in Medicare reimbursement. This is due to the lack of MACRA-related guidance from the CMS, says...
Health care providers in the country are leaving millions of dollars in federal funding, which will certainly help them to provide better health care to the sickest beneficiaries of...
The Republicans have finally revealed their much-awaited legislation for replacing the Affordable Care Act. The health bill, named American Health Care Act, aims in phasing out key aspects of...
HHS recently said that they do not have the resources and funds to clear the pending Medicare billing appeals by the deadline of 2021, which is imposed by the...
In recent news, the latest proposal put forward by CMS was duly supported by the American Medical Group Association (AMGA). The proposal submitted by CMS was to delay the...
HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price has stated that the Republicans “believe in the guarantee of Medicare for our seniors.” This new statement has been issued in the backdrop of...
Governors from across the country are scheduled to meet President Trump next week to discuss healthcare reforms and various other issues. The governors have quickly convened the meeting in...
America’s Essential Hospitals, College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), and fourteen other healthcare associations in the country recently requested the newly appointed secretary of HHS, Tom Price, to...
It is reported that the Trump Administration will allow consumers and insurers to extend for an additional small group and individual health plans, which do not comply with the...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently issued a proposed rule for 2018, and the rule proposes new reforms that are crucial to stabilize the small...
The U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) recently voiced his concerns about the changes made to Medicare by the members of the congress. This even included replacing Tom Price,...