The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) submitted a regulation to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that could upend Medicaid provider tax program financing. The regulation is ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released new guidance on provider taxes. CMS issued the preliminary guidance in light of new federal requirements. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut ...

Rampant Medicare fraud schemes in Los Angeles allegedly bilk taxpayers for billions through fake home health agencies and ghost patients across the city.

The proposal threatens states’ ability to fund state supplemental payment programs for Medicaid, which providers rely on as a boost for revenues. Provider taxes have been around in some form since the ...

AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027.

Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional commentary. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule Monday afternoon to “shut down [a] Medicaid loophole” related ...

Providers on Wednesday embraced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ decision to extend the deadline for its mandatory nursing home revalidation program, citing a significant increase in ...

The new options are free, meet federal security standards, and are meant to better protect Medicare information from identity ...

'In the spirit of St. Patrick, we’re driving out the snakes who prey on Medicaid.' ...

Nearly all states use taxes levied on providers like hospitals or nursing facilities to help fund their share of Medicaid, according to health policy research firm KFF. The taxes are used to inflate ...

This article is part of a new Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Medicaid Financing. The featured topic includes analysis, proposals, and commentary that will inform policies on the state and ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a major Medicaid financing rule aimed at closing what the agency has described as a long-standing “healthcare-related tax loophole.” ...