Medicare uses the 2-midnight rule to determine whether to bill a hospital stay under Part A or Part B. This rule has implications for both costs and coverage. Original Medicare consists of Part A ...
When comparing Medicare and Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) coverage, it helps to look at how each program works, who qualifies and what the costs may be. Medicare is a federal program for ...
This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Medicaid Financing. The featured topic includes analysis, proposals, and commentary that will inform policies on the state and ...
CMS has been trying to scale value-based care for decades with mixed results — but the agency’s newly announced ACCESS model could represent a more meaningful step toward aligning payment with ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its “Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2027 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part ...