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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule that updates the 2019 Medicare payment rates and wage index for hospices servicing Medicare beneficiaries.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is launching the Medicare Advantage Qualifying Payment Arrangement Incentive demonstration.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has launched a new voluntary bundled payment model that qualifies as an advanced alternative payment model under its quality payment program.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing a plan to pay doctors for virtual visits and overhaul Medicare billing standards put in place in the 1990s.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration introduced its Biosimilar Action Plan to help speed up approvals to enhance access to lower-cost biologics.

A final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services allows insurers to once again sell short-term health insurance for up to 12 months, as well as makes the plans renewable for up to three years.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services adopted an interim final rule to restore $10.4 billion in funding to insurers to help them provide coverage to sick and costly enrollees.

The Health and Human Services Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2019 aims to increase state flexibility, improve affordability, strengthen program integrity, empower consumers, promote stability and reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing new policy guidance to help states design demonstration projects that promote the objectives of the Medicaid program and are consistent with federal statutory requirements.