The CMS finalized a rule to eliminate fax and paper health care claims, saving $782 million a year and cutting paperwork.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) submitted a regulation to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that could upend Medicaid provider tax program financing. The regulation is ...

Insurers and hospitals have come together to rebuke a Trump administration proposal to roll back limits of plan designs that may be listed on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) exchanges.  | Leading ...

CMS intends to use the $1.2 trillion in provider payment it controls to push whole menu of value-based care programs.

The proposal threatens states’ ability to fund state supplemental payment programs for Medicaid, which providers rely on as a boost for revenues. Provider taxes have been around in some form since the ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released new guidance on provider taxes. CMS issued the preliminary guidance in light of new federal requirements. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut ...

Providers on Wednesday embraced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ decision to extend the deadline for its mandatory nursing home revalidation program, citing a significant increase in ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a major Medicaid financing rule aimed at closing what the agency has described as a long-standing “healthcare-related tax loophole.” ...

Some Americans could face significant new health care affordability challenges shortly before the 2026 midterm elections. In January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a ...

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) looks to finalize 2027 reimbursement rates for Medicare Advantage insurers over the coming weeks, a top agency official said that MA insurers have ...

Seniors shopping between Medicare Advantage plans will soon have clearer data about payers’ provider networks under a rule the CMS finalized Thursday. Regulators are requiring MA plans to directly ...

This article is part of a new Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Medicaid Financing. The featured topic includes analysis, proposals, and commentary that will inform policies on the state and ...