CMS Announces Manufacturer Participation in Second Cycle of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation  Read more

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center is committed to testing – and eventually scaling – innovative payment models that meet the statutory goals of reducing program spending while maintaining or improving quality of care. Read more

What’s changing: Today, the CMS Innovation Center announced changes to its model portfolio to align with its statutory obligation and strategic goals. Innovation Center Models are time-limited experiments that provide a controlled environment to determine, through rigorous evaluation, what approaches should be expanded nationwide, what specific components of an approach need further testing in successor models... Read more

IntroductionToday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the “Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule” that proposes standards for the Health Insurance Marketplaces, as well as for health insurance issuers, brokers, and agents who connect millions of consumers to Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage. The rule proposes additional safeguards to protect consumers from improper enrollme... Read more