During the 2020-2021 pandemic year, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools elementary students often saw dramatic drops in proficiency. The percent of Latino fourth graders proficient in math, for instance, ...

CMS will pay for certain angioplasty and stenting procedures in ASCs beginning Jan. 1, under its 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System Final Rule. 1. ASCs ...

In just more than a decade, the number of complaint surveys CMS has investigated in hospitals has gone from 1,294 in 2008 to 3,491 complaint surveys in 2019. Missed deficiencies within the physical ...

CMS says Medicare Advantage overpayment recoveries will begin soon, prioritizing audits from 2018 to 2024 and expanding medical coder support.

Insurers gave out approximately $2 billion in rebates for 2020 to nearly 10 million consumers under the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA's) medical loss ratio provision. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

Medicare Part B spending on lab tests slightly increased to $8 billion in 2020, fueled by $1.5 billion in new reimbursements for COVID-19 diagnostics. But the report (PDF), released Dec. 30 from the ...