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CMS Finalizes Rules for the Health Insurance Marketplace, Improving Stability

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule and the final Annual Letter to Issuers for 2018, which will further strengthen the Health Insurance Marketplace that millions of Americans rely on for health coverage. The primary focus of the notice — risk stabilization — complements recent announcements that improve the risk pool, including actions to address Continue reading CMS Finalizes Rules for the Health Insurance Marketplace, Improving Stability→

CMS Releases 2015 National Health Expenditures

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CMS Releases 2015 National Health Expenditures In 2015, per-capita health care spending grew by 5.0 percent and overall health spending grew by 5.8 percent, according to a study by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published today as a Web First by Health Affairs. Those annual rates continue to be below the rates Continue reading CMS Releases 2015 National Health Expenditures→

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AMA Applauds CMS Final Rule on Physicians Payment Fee Schedule

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  The American Medical Association (AMA) recently applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for making substantive changes to the policies in Medicare’s proposed Physician Payment Fee Schedule rule. The announced policy changes adhered to AMA-recommended changes from the proposed rule in areas that will improve patient care and save taxpayer dollars. “This annual policy fine-tuning is an Continue reading AMA Applauds CMS Final Rule on Physicians Payment Fee Schedule→

AMA ready to engage on health care reform

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The AMA says it will actively engage the incoming Trump administration and Congress on the direction of health care reform. At its 2016 Interim Meeting, in Orlando, Fla., the AMA House of Delegates “reaffirmed its commitment to health care reform that improves access to care for all patients,” AMA President Andrew W. Gurman, MD, said in a statement. “The AMA Continue reading AMA ready to engage on health care reform→