The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 1 issued its calendar year 2027 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system. The rule proposes a 2.4% update, which includes a 3.1% ...

Several Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) programs aim to transform how health care is delivered by adjusting Medicare inpatient hospital payments through a system of rewards and ...

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Penetration of Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations and Medicare Advantage was not associated with substantive changes in health care use among commercial enrollees.

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 ...

While no healthcare sector is being spared from the reimbursement knife, the Value-Based Purchasing initiative is aimed squarely at hospitals. It is part of a larger reimbursement reduction movement ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- PeaceHealth clinicians will have access to additional operational support to participate in select Medicare value-based care programs through an ...

CMS has proposed to begin a Medicare value-based purchasing program in 2013, two years earlier than the reform law requires, according to an American Medical News report. Under President Obama’s ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. AUSTIN, Texas, April 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) intensifies its ...

Let’s start on the regulatory front (this is a regulatory blog after all!) Last week, the Trump administration released the Spring 2025 Unified Agenda, a “menu” of regulations that the administration ...

Supported value-based care improves prenatal care while reducing neonatal intensive care unit stays, preterm birth rates, low birth weight rates, and costs for mothers and infants. Objectives: ...