Tag: CMS

State leaders who scrambled to win and begin spending their first-year shares of Republicans’ five-year, $50 billion fund are in the dark about how much they’ll receive in the Rural Health Transformation Program’s second year after a federal office notified states that more time is needed to make allocations.

The July 20 memo replaced 2020 and 2024 guidance. Senators asked the agency in August to reinstate the earlier versions.

A Slack workspace managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has served as an extraordinary war room for AI industry insiders and Trump administration officials to launch a rapid campaign aimed at persuading Americans to manage their healthcare and medical records on apps.

A coalition of 25 states and Washington, D.C., says the federal rule creates paperwork barriers that could strip coverage from people with cancer, disabilities, mental health needs, and serious medical conditions.

A new CMS rule implementing Republican-backed Medicaid work requirements adopts a stricter definition of medical frailty, raising concerns that millions of low-income Americans could face new bureaucratic hurdles to maintaining health coverage.

Democrats accuse CMS of withholding information about “the biggest premium hike in history” as leaked documents show 30 percent increases and millions risk losing subsidies.

"We are moving ahead to help people in spite of pharma's efforts to block negotiation in the courts."