The Trump administration has finalized the rule that sets government payments to hospital outpatient facilities and ambulatory surgical centers, including a 2.6% rate bump for each. | The Trump ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 21 issued a final rule that, among other provisions, increases Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.6% in calendar ...
CMS on Nov. 21 finalized its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System rule for 2026, enacting reforms to boost price transparency and expand ...
On Nov. 5, 2025, CMS finalized a rule that fundamentally changes Medicare payment methodology for a broad range of skin substitute products used for wound care. Beginning in January 2026, most skin ...
One of the most eye-catching findings in a new report from the Foundation for Government Accountability is that hundreds of ...
On October 31, 2025, CMS finalized its 2026 Physician Fee Schedule, outlining payment updates, telehealth changes, behavioral health expansions and adjustments affecting clinicians across care ...
Soviet-style price controls have resulted in shortages in the supply of physician services. Fortunately, there are a number ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled a sweeping proposed payment rule on Monday aimed at overhauling reimbursement policies to reduce waste, improve chronic disease care, and ...
QMedic reports a $2,000 Medicare drug cost cap starting in 2026, ensuring predictable spending and potentially avoiding ...
The agency confirmed that eligible Medicare telehealth reimbursements would be processed retroactively for virtual visits, ...
Medicare pays physicians in traditional fee-for-service through the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), which sets specific payment amounts for more than 10,000 procedures, tests, and imaging codes repre ...