As we near the turnover of administrations, Health Affairs Forefront offers a series of articles from leaders at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services providing their thoughts on the major ...

A new federal proposal is signaling a potential shift in how Medicare Advantage plans are evaluated and rewarded, raising questions about the future of quality metrics, insurer incentives, and patient ...

CMS has improved its online enrollment system, formally the Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System, to allow providers to see if they need to revalidate their data and digitally ...

CMS has released a request for information seeking input on replacing its Medicare claims processing system with a real-time, cloud-based platform. Under the program, called ClaimsCore, CMS is seeking ...

On July 15, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems ...

On Friday, April 11, 2025, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a comprehensive proposed payment rule designed to overhaul reimbursement policies. This initiative aims to reduce waste, improve chronic ...

Emanuel is vice provost for global initiatives and co-director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Trump administration is considering auto-enrollment for Medicare enrollees in Medicare Advantage. This suggests a preference for the program over traditional Medicare.

Medicare vouchers are a proposed change to the Medicare system that would involve giving beneficiaries funds, in the form of a voucher, that they can use to buy private insurance. The voucher system, ...