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CMS Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program Results for Fiscal Year 2019
The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program adjusts what Medicare pays hospitals under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) based on the quality of inpatient care the hospitals provide to patients.
Fact sheetCMS Strengthens Nursing Home Oversight and Safety to Ensure Adequate Staffing
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced actions that will bolster nursing home oversight and improve transparency in order to ensure that facilities are staffed adequately to provide high-quality care.
Press releaseMarket Saturation and Utilization Data Tool
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a Market Saturation and Utilization Data Tool that includes interactive maps and a dataset that shows national-, state-, and county-level provider services and utilization data for selected health service areas. Market saturation, in the present context, refers to the density of providers of a particular service within a defined geographic area relative to the number of the beneficiaries receiving that service in the area.
Fact sheetSkilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Data on Nursing Home Compare
This fact sheet contains information about the inaugural release of the SNF QRP data on the Nursing Home Compare website that occurred on October 24, 2018.
Fact sheetMedicare provides continued access to high-quality health coverage choices in 2019
CMS releases Star Ratings for 2019 Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans ahead of Medicare Open Enrollment.
Press releaseSPEECH: Remarks by Administrator Seema Verma at the ONC Interoperability Forum in Washington, DC
(As prepared for delivery – August 6, 2018)
Press releaseSpeech: Medicare Remarks by CMS Administrator Seema Verma at the Commonwealth Club of California
I’d like to talk to you about things on which we all agree, like the future of our healthcare system, and Medicare. And if we have time we can touch quickly on world peace before we all leave.
Press releaseUnited States District Court Ruling Puts Risk Adjustment On Hold
On February 28, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico issued a decision invalidating use of the statewide average premium by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the risk adjustment transfer formula established under section 1343 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for the 2014 – 2018 benefit years, pending further explanation of CMS’s reasons for operating the program in a budget neutral manner in those years.
Press releaseCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services Releases Reports on the Performance of the Exchanges and Individual Health Insurance Market
Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released three reports that provide important information on the current condition of the Federal and State-based Exchanges and state individual health insurance markets.
Press releaseCMS announces initiatives to strengthen Medicaid program integrity
Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new and enhanced initiatives designed to improve Medicaid program integrity through greater transparency and accountability, strengthened data, and innovative and robust analytic tools.
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