The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that over 2.1 million people selected plans using the HealthCare.gov platform since Open Enrollment began on November 1, including 40,290 in Oregon.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) now includes Indian Health Service (IHS) Hospitals in the nationwide Hospital Improvement and Innovation Networks (HIINs) contract for public and private sector hospitals to reduce adverse events by 20 percent and hospital readmissions by 12
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded approximately $1,245,919 to Oregon to use for enforcement and oversight of issuer compliance with select Affordable Care Act (ACA) key consumer protections.
For the first half of 2016, an average of 10.4 million consumers had effectuated Health Insurance Marketplace coverage – which means those individuals, paid their premiums and had an active policy through one of the Health Insurance Marketplaces nationwide as of that date.
Hospital Improvement and Innovation Networks to continue patient safety improvement efforts started under the Partnership for Patients initiative
Continuing the commitment to greater data transparency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) today released privacy-protected data on the prescription drugs that were paid for under the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program in 2014.
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published 2015 Open Payments data, along with newly submitted and updated payment records for the 2013 and 2014 reporting periods, at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/. The Open Payments program (sometimes called the “Sunshine Act”) requires that transfers of value by manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies that are paid to physicians and teaching hospitals will be published on a public website.
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the availability of $22 million in funding to state insurance regulators to use for issuer compliance with Affordable Care Act key consumer protections.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced it will test whether a new payment model for nursing facilities and practitioners will further reduce avoidable hospitalizations, lower combined Medicare and Medicaid spending, and improve the quality of care received by nursi
Today, we at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are pleased to announce findings from the second annual evaluation report for the Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns Strategy II Initiative.
