Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ windfall of more than a half-billion in federal money to help recover from the COVID-19 pandemic is ...

Medicare’s value-based programs are penalizing inpatient hospitals for community-level health equity factors that impact outcomes but are largely out of hospitals’ control, according to a recent ...

Using section 1115 waivers, states can test different approaches to managing their Medicaid programs, in a bid to give states flexibility to improve the safety-net programs. The CMS has previously ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has signaled plans to make cuts to the Medicaid program, saying it wants to put an end to "mounting expenditures," such as housekeeping for ...

As CMS’ suite of value-based and accountable care models evolves, leaders from across the agency detailed how they are working together to streamline quality reporting and encourage the move to a ...

CMS has published a list of 202 measures under consideration for use in hospitals and other Medicare public reporting and payment programs. In publishing the list, CMS will be able to gain input on ...