The Latest Breaking News from CMS

With passage of the fiscal 2024 appropriations package, Medicare and Social Security are among the key agencies to receive funding through September 30.

This change follows the recent FDA approval of the weight-loss drug for preventing heart attack and stroke in people with overweight or obesity.

South Dakota voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that will allow for the state legislature to establish work requirements for certain individuals to receive Medicaid. The amendment will appear on the November 2024 ballot.

Officials in Oregon, Colorado and other states are waiting for Biden officials to approve plans to automatically register hundreds of thousands of eligible voters when they apply for Medicaid.

From African elephants searching for water, to turtles crossing seas to nest, and to albatrosses on their ocean-spanning search for food, the world's migratory species are under threat across the planet, according to a landmark report Monday.

The state of Georgia filed a federal lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on February 2, 2024, to obtain an extension on the state’s Medicaid program—currently the only state program in the country with a work requirement. 

Enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans has outpaced expectations, but people should use caution when viewing these plans, expert says.

National spending on personal healthcare has increased 1,629% since 1980 — that’s more than $3 trillion — nearly seven times faster than inflation.

Substance abuse in older adults is a fast-growing health problem in the U.S., but help is covered.