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June 30, 2025

CMS Issues Warning About Medicare Phishing Scam Involving Fax Requests

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has identified a fraud scheme targeting Medicare providers and suppliers. Scammers are impersonating CMS and sending fax requests for medical records and documentation, falsely claiming to be part of a Medicare audit.

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January 15, 2025

CMS Launches Nursing Home Staffing Campaign

Providing safe, quality care in nursing homes is a top priority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Nursing home workers play a vital role in supporting residents with essential daily tasks, such as bathing, dressing, mobility, and eating. They also ensure medications are taken, and ...

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February 2, 2024

CMS Launches Value-Based Care Spotlight Website

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Innovation Center Director Liz Fowler announced the launch of the Value-Based Care Spotlight. The new site aims to enhance understanding of value-based care (VBC) as a cornerstone of transforming health care with helpful information for both the public and health-c...

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May 30, 2025

CMS Medicare Shared Savings Program Open for Applications

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is now accepting applications for the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Eligible organizations interested in joining the program must submit their applications through the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Management System.

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April 12, 2024

CMS Medicare Telehealth Trends Data – Quarterly Update

The Medicare Telehealth Trends Data highlights trends in the use of telehealth services between January 1, 2020, and September 30, 2023. The data allow for analysis of telehealth utilization by quarter, state, and various demographic characteristics.

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January 17, 2025

CMS Moves Closer to Accountable Care Goals with 2025 Accountable Care Organization Initiatives

In a recently released report, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) states that the agency has made substantial progress on its goal for all people with traditional Medicare to be in a care relationship with accountability for quality and total cost of care by 2030. As of January 2025, 53...

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June 21, 2024

CMS Preparing to Close Program that Addressed Medicare Funding Issues Resulting from Change Healthcare Cyber-Attack

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that payments under the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program for the Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) will conclude on July 12, 2024. Launched in early March, the CHOPD payments were designed to ease cash flow disruptions...

Caring for the Ages

May 27, 2016

CMS Promises Streamlined, Flexible Program to Replace Meaningful Use

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January 5, 2026

CMS Proposed Model Test Would Lower Drug Costs for Medicare Part D

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the newly proposed GUARD (Guarding U.S. Medicare Against Rising Drug Costs) Model that would lower the costs of certain prescription drugs covered by Medicare Part D to reflect prices paid in economically comparable countries.

Caring for the Ages

September 28, 2017

CMS Issues Warning About Medicare Phishing Scam Involving Fax Requests

CMS Launches Nursing Home Staffing Campaign

CMS Launches Value-Based Care Spotlight Website

CMS Medicare Shared Savings Program Open for Applications

CMS Medicare Telehealth Trends Data – Quarterly Update

CMS Moves Closer to Accountable Care Goals with 2025 Accountable Care Organization Initiatives

CMS Preparing to Close Program that Addressed Medicare Funding Issues Resulting from Change Healthcare Cyber-Attack

CMS Promises Streamlined, Flexible Program to Replace Meaningful Use

CMS Proposed Model Test Would Lower Drug Costs for Medicare Part D

CMS Proposes Changes to Payment Models

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