Washington Report Articles
In response to concerns by physicians and other clinicians about their readiness to comply with the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), which began Jan. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised implementation requirements by adopting four options that will allow providers to choose the level and pace at which they comply.
In the first overhaul of managed care in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule in an effort to deliver better care, smarter spending and healthier people.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized changes to how it evaluates whether Medicare accountable care organizations are saving money.
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded nearly $156 million in funding to support 420 health centers in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to increase access to integrated oral healthcare services and to improve oral health outcomes for Health Center Program patients.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has delayed enforcement of a rule that changes the way state Medicaid agencies reimburse pharmacies for prescription drugs.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $94 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 271 health centers in 45 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced 10 states in four regions in which it will launch its primary care quality improvement initiative.
The National Institutes of Health will spend $260 million over four years to fund four genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research is expected to focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases.
Three health centers in America Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands and their 12 delivery sites that served nearly 26,000 patients in 2014, including more than 6,000 women ages 15 years to 45 years, have been awarded $742,000 in funding to fight the Zika virus.
The U.S. Senate approved the Medicare “lock-in” provision that gives Medicare Part D plans the authority to require at-risk beneficiaries to use a single prescriber and pharmacy for frequently abused drugs.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will implement a new primary care payment model affecting up to 5,000 practices and more than than 20,000 clinicians.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final rule mandating prior authorization for durable medical equipment.
