The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposal outlining 2027 payment and policy updates to Medicare Advantage (otherwise known as Medicare Part C), a private‑plan ...

CMS proposes a 0.09% payment increase for MA and Part D, raising concerns about cost implications for insurers and beneficiaries. The proposal aims to improve payment accuracy and risk adjustment, ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Diane Omdahl is a Medicare expert who keeps her readers in the know. On December 23, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) no longer will require states to report childhood and adolescent immunization statuses as it explores “alternative immunization measures.” In a Dec ...

The decision to fund 400 new medical residency positions at hospitals across the U.S. marks a meaningful -- though limited -- step toward addressing a looming physician shortage expected to worsen ...

Along with funding for tech upgrades to modernize rural hospitals and health systems, CMS said that the funding will make the rural healthcare system more efficient through the establishment of rural ...

CMS has awarded $50 billion across all 50 states through its new Rural Health Transformation Program, a five-year federal initiative established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The application ...

CMS has been trying to scale value-based care for decades with mixed results — but the agency’s newly announced ACCESS model could represent a more meaningful step toward aligning payment with ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted health tech leaders at a Health Tech Ecosystem Connectathon event in Washington, D.C., Thursday to showcase progress on its interoperability ...

This article was updated on November 6, 2025, with an additional statement from Chris Adamec, the executive director of the Alliance for Connected Care. Since 2020, a temporary policy has allowed ...

The 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule boosts virtual care in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, but complicates reimbursement for providers using telehealth from alternate sites, like their ...