The Trump administration is proposing sweeping changes to Medicare payment and value-based care programs that it says will ...

The changes would reshape how doctors are paid and shift Medicare's focus toward prevention and primary care.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 1 issued its calendar year 2027 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system. The rule proposes a 2.4% update, which includes a 3.1% ...

Physician groups said the sweeping rule is a double-edged sword, given it includes an unwelcome fee cut but positive changes to Medicare’s value-based and quality payment programs.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is terminating the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model at the end of 2025 due to what it called the model's "substantial and ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

“This program, which I call the ‘Hospital Acquired Payment Adjustment Provision,’ is an overall movement to control costs at the Medicare and Medicaid levels,” said Walt Zywiak, principal researcher ...

On March 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that certain Medicare value-based payment models will terminate early and signaled a new strategy will be announced soon.

Medicare’s Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program is the largest pay-for-performance initiative ever implemented to improve care in SNFs. The program ties SNF performance in ...