The Latest Breaking News from CMS

Medicare Advantage plans face criticism at congressional hearing for denying care, overcharging

Witnesses sharply criticized the fast-growing health plans, citing audits and other reports that described plans denying access to health care.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 30, 2022

Government watchdogs attack Medicare Advantage for denying care and overcharging

Congress should crack down on Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors that sometimes deny patients vital medical care while overcharging the government billions of dollars every year, government watchdogs told a House panel this week.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2022

31 City Montessori School students clear CLAT 2022 in Lucknow

LUCKNOW: As many as 31 students of City Montessori School have qualified the Common Law Aptitute Test (CLAT 2022). These students will now be eligible to take admission in Under-Graduate Law Courses in 23 National Law Universities across the country including Bengaluru, Kolkata, New Delhi, Lucknow, Jodhpur and Patiala and…

The Times of India · Jun 27, 2022

Union Station: Ninth Circuit panel says California can deduct union dues from state Medicaid payments to home care providers

On June 8, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed two district court decisions dismissing challenges to California’s deduction of union dues from Medicaid payments to home care providers. The panel issued a single opinion after consolidating the two appeals. 

Ballotpedia · Jun 17, 2022

Medicaid weighs attaching strings to nursing home payments to improve patient care

The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid on direct care for residents and limit the amount that is used for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements or diverted to profits.

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2022

What if hospice services weren’t just for the dying?

Gloria Foster wasn’t ready for hospice, even though, with a prognosis of less than six months to live, she qualified for it. She was debilitated by diabetes and congestive heart failure, and was living with both a pacemaker and a device to help pump blood from her heart to the…

Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2022

Feds withhold $1.2M as Florida refuses to enforce COVID vaccine rule for health care workers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.— As Gov. Ron DeSantis fights COVID-19 vaccination passports and mandates — most recently by threatening the Special Olympics with a $27.5 million fine — there’s one mandate he can’t stop.

Tribune News Service · Jun 12, 2022

Why Heartcore Enterprises Shares Are Soaring Today

Heartcore Enterprises, Inc (NASDAQ:HTCR) board approved a share buyback of $3.5 million. Heartcore held $13.9 million in cash and equivalents as of March 31 and used $2.4 million in operating cash flow. CEO Sumitaka Yamamoto said, "With the continuous growth of our core CMS and Digital Transformation businesses, supplemented by our latest Go IPO consulting…

Benzinga · Jun 8, 2022

Many hospitals don’t fully comply with price transparency rules

WASHINGTON — A federal rule requiring hospitals to post prices online took effect a year and a half ago, but spotty data and noncompliance have meant the rule has yet to live up to its promise of lowering health care costs, employers and researchers say.

Tribune News Service · Jun 3, 2022

Many hospitals don't fully comply with price transparency rules - Roll Call

A year and a half after the federal government required hospitals to post prices online, many hospitals aren't fully complying with that rule.

Roll Call · Jun 2, 2022