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Wed 02 Jul 2025
Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Fact Sheet (CMS-1828-P)
On June 30, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that proposes updates to Medicare payment policies and rates for home health agencies (HHAs) under the Home Health (HH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Proposed Rule for calendar year (CY) 2026. CMS is publishing this proposed rule consistent with the legal requirements to update Medicare payment policies for HHAs annuall...
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Wed 02 Jul 2025
Calendar Year (CY) 2026 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule - CMS-1830-P
On June 30, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to update payment rates and policies under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for renal dialysis services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries on or after January 1, 2026. This proposed rule would also update the acute kidney injury (AKI) dialysis payment rate for renal dialysis services furnishe...
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Wed 02 Jul 2025
National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud
Largest Justice Department Health Care Fraud Takedown in History More than Doubles Prior Record of $6 Billion
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Wed 02 Jul 2025
CMS Notifies Individuals Potentially Impacted by Data Incident
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is notifying Medicare beneficiaries whose personal information may have been involved in a data incident affecting Medicare.gov accounts. CMS identified suspicious activity related to unauthorized creation of certain beneficiary online accounts using personal information obtained from unknown external sources. CMS takes this situation very seriously. The safeguarding...
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Wed 02 Jul 2025
CMS Launches New Model to Target Wasteful, Inappropriate Services in Original Medicare
Model will leverage enhanced technologies to protect Medicare beneficiaries, federal taxpayers from unnecessary services, fraud, waste, and abuse
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