CMS finalizes 5.06% Medicare Advantage benchmark increase
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized an increase of the average benchmark payments to Medicare Advantage (MA)...
Rural areas rapidly losing independent docs, practices
Rural areas are quickly losing independent physicians and medical practices amid the corporatization of healthcare, a new report finds. The...
CMS excludes anti-obesity drug coverage under Medicare, Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a Medicare Advantage (MA) rule proposed by the Biden administration, but...
Trump nominates Susan Monarez as CDC Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director Susan Monarez is being tapped to fill the role in a...
The Doctors Company to buy ProAssurance in $1.3B deal
The Doctors Company plans to take specialty medical insurer ProAssurance private in a deal worth $1.3 billion, the companies announced...
Dr. Oz questioned over Medicaid cuts, promises MA reforms
Mehmet Oz, M.D., or Dr. Oz, faced a wide-ranging set of questions from lawmakers over how he would run the...
CMMI to cut payment models, estimates $750M in savings
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) will stop certain payment models by the end of the year. Without...
Congress must address doctor shortage and burnout
If you’ve been forced to wait for medical care recently, you’re not alone. In the past year, a third of patients have...
Lessons learned from the Change cyberattack
Just over a year ago, cybercriminals launched a ransomware attack on clearinghouse Change Healthcare in what became the biggest hack...
RFK Jr. says US measles outbreak ‘top priority’ at HHS
Last Wednesday, during President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of the nation’s largest federal...
