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

From the institution of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the second Trump administration made cutting down on “fraud, waste and abuse” its ...

The history of HCBS demonstrates that its growth is not, in fact, evidence of massive undetected fraud, but rather is based on decades of federal policy response to major demographic change, guided by ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has pulled information on health equity for the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through Section 1115 waivers. Now, CMS is ...

The agency is looking at “testing new approaches and really being able to think outside of the box” to claw back improper ...

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 ...

On Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Medicare.gov Enhanced Login options. By providing people with Medicare these options, Medicare.gov is helping users better ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published its Proposed 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Rule (Proposed Rule), with extensive implications for drug pricing, Average Sales Price ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is continuing to pay Medicare Advantage (MA) plans more -- $76 billion more in 2026 -- than if those same patients were enrolled in traditional ...

On Nov. 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS or Agency) released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...