Category: Modern Healthcare

The CMS Friday approved Medicaid work requirement waivers for Michigan and…

A new study found death rates rose slightly among heart failure and pneumonia patients at hospitals participating in CMS’ readmissions reduction program. This is the second study to find this correlation.

Health insurance and hospital stocks haven’t rebounded following the Affordable Care Act ruling. Analysts think they’re getting swept up in the broader market downturn, but may also be seen as riskier bets.

Medicare Next Generation accountable care organizations produced $129 million in savings for the CMS in 2017 while earning an average of $3.3 million each in bonuses for beating cost targets and meeting quality benchmarks, the CMS

Thousands of people in Michigan are getting a special gift this season: Their medical bills are being forgiven.

The Chicago-based not-for-profit system would have 140 hospitals, 150,000 employees, nearly $30 billion in revenue and more than 700 care sites across 21 states, including 30 hospitals in California.

Under the redesigned program, ACOs can choose to participate in either the basic or enhanced track, and they will have to take on risk sooner or be booted out of the program.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says that funding levels for Native American tribes are woefully inadequate despite the federal government’s responsibility to provide for education, public safety and healthcare.

A group gaining influence in Washington as a champion for Medicare beneficiaries is bankrolled by major health insurance companies that are trying to cash in on Medicare Advantage.

Health officials are reporting an outbreak of bacterial infections in patients who got injections of stems cells derived from umbilical cord blood.