The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) submitted a regulation to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that could upend Medicaid provider tax program financing. The regulation is ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released new guidance on provider taxes. CMS issued the preliminary guidance in light of new federal requirements. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut ...

The CMS finalized a rule to eliminate fax and paper health care claims, saving $782 million a year and cutting paperwork.

CMS intends to use the $1.2 trillion in provider payment it controls to push whole menu of value-based care programs.

Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional commentary. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule Monday afternoon to “shut down [a] Medicaid loophole” related ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finalized a rule that would eliminate fax machines and paper mail from large ...

The proposal threatens states’ ability to fund state supplemental payment programs for Medicaid, which providers rely on as a boost for revenues. Provider taxes have been around in some form since the ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a major Medicaid financing rule aimed at closing what the agency has described as a long-standing “healthcare-related tax loophole.” ...

Providers on Wednesday embraced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ decision to extend the deadline for its mandatory nursing home revalidation program, citing a significant increase in ...

This article is part of a new Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Medicaid Financing. The featured topic includes analysis, proposals, and commentary that will inform policies on the state and ...

Seniors shopping between Medicare Advantage plans will soon have clearer data about payers’ provider networks under a rule the CMS finalized Thursday. Regulators are requiring MA plans to directly ...