Bridget Early

Regulators Reporter at Modern Healthcare

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Hospitals to see Medicare rate increase for 2026 in CMS proposal

2 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Bridget Early

Breadcrumb Home Policy April 11, 2025 06:02 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print MH Illustration/iStock Medicare reimbursements for inpatient hospital care would increase 2.4% in fiscal 2026 under a proposed rule the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published Friday. Long-term care hospitals would get a 2.6% pay hike under the same draft regulation.
CMS to end Medicaid designated state health, investment programs

2 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Bridget Early

Breadcrumb Home Policy April 11, 2025 04:16 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Modern Healthcare Illustration / Getty Images The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is cutting off funding for initiatives designed to address health-related social needs for Medicaid enrollees, the agency notified states in a letter Thursday.
Value-based care providers want CMS to improve accountable care

2 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Bridget Early

Providers participating in accountable care organizations and other value-based payment arrangements with Medicare have a wish list for the new team running the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Medicare Advantage plans get larger pay bump than proposed

2 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Bridget Early

Breadcrumb Home Policy April 07, 2025 05:16 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print MH Illustration/Getty Images Medicare Advantage plans will receive a 5.06% payment increase next year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Monday.
CMS punts on Medicare Advantage AI prior authorization, marketing

3 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Bridget Early

Breadcrumb Home Policy April 04, 2025 07:03 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print MH Illustration/Adobe Stock President Donald Trump’s first Medicare Advantage rule tabled decisions on plans' use of artificial intelligence and marketing oversight while dropping a proposal to cover obesity drugs.
HHS layoffs could complicate coverage for dual-eligible patients

3 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Bridget Early

Breadcrumb Home Policy April 04, 2025 05:00 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print MH Illustration/Adobe Stock The Health and Human Services Department’s sweeping reorganization could upend a key dual Medicare and Medicaid payment model as states work to transition thousands from the program. HHS Secretary Robert F.
HHS restructures duals, PACE offices amid department overhaul

3 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Bridget Early

The Health and Human Services Department is reorganizing a handful of key programs for dually eligible enrollees and older adults, including laying off numerous staffers. HHS is shuffling how it manages care coordination for people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid under the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office and the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
HHS reorganization raises questions for claims appeals process

3 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Bridget Early

The Health and Human Services Department is restructuring agencies that enforce regulation, handle claims disputes, and investigate potential civil rights violations as part of a department-wide reorganization. A new assistant secretary for enforcement will oversee three parts of HHS — the Departmental Appeals Board, the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals and the Office of Civil Rights — as part of a sweeping overhaul announced last week.
Staffing, tariffs, grants: Federal restructuring hits providers

4 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Bridget Early

President Donald Trump has rapidly and significantly shaken up the federal healthcare infrastructure, putting providers on unsteady footing. Hospitals, health systems and other providers are struggling to maintain business as usual amid a cavalcade of executive actions, including a huge restructuring the Health and Human Services Department commenced under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week.
Trump taps controversial GOP aide for chief HHS watchdog

1 month ago | modernhealthcare.com | Bridget Early

President Donald Trump's pick to be the top official investigating waste, fraud and abuse at the Health and Human Services Department has firsthand experience with improper payments at government agencies. Attorney March Bell, whom Trump nominated to be HHS inspector general on Monday, lost his job as deputy director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality in 1997 after an audit accused him of authorizing an improper payment to a former employee.