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Groups call on CMS to push out Medicare Shared Savings Program application deadline
Hospitals are turning to telehealth to manage scarce physician resources
Hospitals posting prices online is first step, CMS Administrator Seema Verma says
CMS wants to make the rule actionable so that consumers and physicians consider price, creating comparison shopping that creates provider competition.
How to make bundled payments work? Start by engaging patients
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts adds digital health solutions
The digital offerings focus on chronic back and joint pain and cancer care.
Centene buys QCA Health Plan and QualChoice in Arkansas from Catholic Health Initiatives
CHI and Dignity are expected to close their merger at the end of the month.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma names Chris Traylor acting director to replace Mary Mayhew
Traylor has been named acting director for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP services.
International drug pricing model concerns oncologists, others who work with Medicare consumers
Also, physicians are not incentivized to prescribe more expensive prescriptions, Community Oncology Alliance says.
Mary Mayhew, director of Medicaid and CHIP, resigns to take Florida post with Governor-elect Ron DeSantis
As former Maine Health and Human Services Commissioner, Mayhew opposed Medicaid expansion.
ACA enrollment down by 3 percent, but numbers show steady signups in a good economy, CMS says
When open enrollment began November 1, there were more than 2 million jobs added to the economy compared to 2017.
