Growth in national health spending over the next decade remains similar from last year’s projected average annual growth of 5.5 percent

Proposed decision would provide nationwide consistency in CMS’s coverage of the innovative new cancer therapy, to improve patient access and ensure appropriate evidence generation

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s (Innovation Center) Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model is a voluntary, five-year payment model that will provide greater flexibility to ambulance care teams to address emergency health care needs of Medicare beneficiaries following a 911 call.

Today, HHS and CMS announced a new payment model for emergency ambulance services that aims to allow Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) beneficiaries to receive the most appropriate level of care at the right time and place with the potential for lower out-of-pocket costs. 

Remarks by Administrator Seema Verma at the 2019 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference

Today, February 11, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed policy changes supporting its MyHealthEData initiative to improve patient access and advance electronic data exchange and care coordination throughout the healthcare system.