In January 2025, a quiet but consequential Medicare rule change redefined how dialysis patients access a critical class of medications. Seven oral ...
A proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to phase out a list of inpatient-only hospital procedures ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 18 released a final rule on policy and technical changes to Medicare ...
New HCPCS coding changes for intermittent catheters take effect Jan. 1, 2026, and there are steps providers can take now to ...
Idaho plans to cut Medicaid nursing facility rates by 8% in total by Sept. 2025. Cuts may force staffing reductions, limit admissions, and close rural facilities. Medicaid funds 75–100% of care; ...
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Congress passed the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) in 2008 to help make Medicare more accessible and affordable for rural and low-income beneficiaries. MIPPA modified the ...
More Medicare patients have been leaving the hospital against medical advice over the last few years, a government report found. "The rates at which enrollees have left acute-care hospitals AMA ...