ST PAUL, Minn.—Apx Alarm's acquisition this week of a central station from CMS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Protection One, was a uniquely structured deal that will provide a test-bed for a new ...

CMS reports Medicare fee-for-service improper payments at $28.8 billion in fiscal 2025, with a 6.55% improper payment rate, down from 2024.

Physicians are concerned about Medicare’s proposed physician pay cuts for 2024 — which would reduce the conversion factor by $1.14 (3.34 percent) — and argue the lack of clinically relevant ...

On October 31, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Final Rule for the Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), detailing significant updates to Medicare ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to issue rules to bring reimbursements from Medicaid managed care plans in line with the rates set under fee-for-service systems, the agency ...

On July 21, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its first-ever nationally standardized Home- and Community-Based Services (“HCBS”) quality measure set to encourage ...

In an effort to reduce colonoscopy access barriers, CMS is proposing that follow-up colonoscopies to at-home tests be considered a preventive service. CMS issued the calendar year 2023 physician fee ...

Doctors could get a small decline in their Medicare payments next year under a new rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which is also proposing new options to cover ...