Latest Medicare News
Tue 09 Jun 2026
June 1-5 is Medicare Fraud Prevention Week. Here’s How Americans Can Help Protect Themselves and Medicare.
By Dr. Mehmet Oz, CMS Administrator, and Mary Lazare, ACL Principal Deputy Administrator, serving as the senior official performing the duties of the ACL Administrator and Assistant Secretary for AgingJune 1-5 is Medicare Fraud Prevention Week. Here’s How Americans Can Help Protect Themselves and Medicare.June 1 marked the start of Medicare Fraud Prevention Week. While this week shines a spotlight on fraud pre...
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Tue 09 Jun 2026
Medicaid Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (CMS-2454-IFC)
Medicaid Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (CMS-2454-IFC)As required by law, on June 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule implementing a new statutory requirement for certain adults in Medicaid to meet an 80 hours per month work requirement (sometimes referred to as Medicaid community engagement) as a cond...
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Tue 09 Jun 2026
CMS Launches Nationwide Framework to Implement Medicaid Work Requirements
CMS Launches Nationwide Framework to Implement Medicaid Work RequirementsThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an Interim Final Rule with Comment (IFC) requiring that certain adult Medicaid applicants and enrollees must, as a condition of Medicaid eligibility, meet an 80 hours per month work requirement, through employment, education, work programs, or community service. The rule establishes a na...
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Tue 09 Jun 2026
Federal Rule Takes Aim at Health Care Bureaucracy, Reducing Dispute Fees, and Boosting Transparency
Federal Rule Takes Aim at Health Care Bureaucracy, Reducing Dispute Fees, and Boosting TransparencyMajor reforms were finalized today to strengthen the No Surprises Act by making the Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process more efficient and transparent, while also saving money for millions of Americans. The final rule improves the process used to resolve out-of-network payment disputes between providers and...
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Tue 09 Jun 2026
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations Final Rule
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations Final RuleIn the Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Operations final rules released today, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury (the Departments) and the Office of Personnel Management finalized updated standards for group health plans and health insurance issuers (also known as “payers”); providers, facilities, and providers of a...
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