Tag: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
New CMS rule requires hospitals to post pricing data online
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires hospitals’ pricing data to be posted to their websites, billed as the first step toward a...
Brown study: Adjusting Medicare Advantage Plan scores for race, poverty a...
Federal rankings for cost-saving Medicare Advantage Plans improve when adjusted for race, neighborhood poverty and social risk, increasing reimbursement rates for companies offering them,...
New Medicare cards replace Social Security numbers to protect beneficiaries
PROVIDENCE – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is mailing new Medicare cards this month with randomly assigned Medicare numbers instead of Social...
Trump administration resumes ACA risk management payments
PROVIDENCE — The Trump administration is resuming $10.4 billion in Affordable Care Act risk management payments halted earlier this month after a New Mexico...
HSRI: ACA risk sharing formula unaffected in 2019, payments should continue
PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI Director Zachary W. Sherman and nine fellow state-based marketplace directors have sent a letter to federal health officials urging support...
Healthcentric wins $390,000 contract to train staff at 13 local nursing...
PROVIDENCE — Healthcentric Advisors, a Rhode Island based nonprofit specializing in healthcare quality improvement, has been awarded a two-year, $390,000 Special Innovation Project with...
Care New England selected by CMS for $3.9 million cooperative agreement
PROVIDENCE – Care New England on Thursday said it has received one of 32 national Accountable Health Communities model grants from the federal Centers...