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CMS’ Discharge Planning Rule Supports Interoperability and Patient Preferences
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a final rule that empowers patients preparing to move from acute care into post-acute care (PAC), a process called “discharge planning.”
Press releaseTrump Administration Puts Patients Over Paperwork by Reducing Healthcare Administrative Costs
Finalized policy projected to save approximately $8 billion over 10 years, increases access to life-saving organ transplants
Press releaseRemarks by Administrator Seema Verma at the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board Meeting
Remarks by Administrator Seema Verma at the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board Meeting
(As prepared for delivery – September 10, 2019)
Press releaseMedicare Plan Finder Gets an Upgrade for the First Time in a Decade
It’s Now Easier to Compare Coverage Options and Shop for Medicare Health and Drug Plans
Press releaseSpeech: Remarks by Administrator Seema Verma at the Blue Button Developer Conference
Remarks by Administrator Seema Verma at the Blue Button Developer Conference
(As prepared for delivery – July 30, 2019)
Press releaseCMS Advances MyHealthEData with New Pilot to Support Clinicians
Pilot program gives clinicians direct access to claims data, putting patients over paperwork and at the center of their care
Press releaseTrump Administration’s Patients over Paperwork Delivers for Doctors
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing major policy changes to ensure clinicians spend more time providing high-value care for patients instead of filing cumbersome paperwork.
Press releaseTrump Administration Approves Two New State Medicaid Demonstrations to Treat Substance Use Disorders and Combat National Opioid Epidemic
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that Minnesota and Nebraska have become the 23rd and 24th states who have received approval under the Trump Administration for innovative demonstration projects that increase access to treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD).
Press releaseCMS Approves Louisiana State Plan Amendment for Supplemental Rebate Agreements Using a Modified Subscription Model for Hepatitis C Therapies in Medicaid
Today the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Louisiana’s Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) authorizing the state to negotiate supplemental rebate agreements from prescription drug manufacturers.
Press releaseCMS Commits $50 Million to Assist States with Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (insert link) that provides State Medicaid agencies with information to apply for planning grants that will aid in the treatment and recovery of substance use disorders (SUDs), including opioid use disorder (OUD).
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