BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 28-- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: Under President Trump's leadership, the ...

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is shifting its policy on Section 1115 Medicaid waivers. In letters to states released Thursday, the agency said it won’t extend or grant waivers for ...

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

Section 1115 waivers make it possible for states to seek approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test innovative approaches to delivering Medicaid services. These waivers ...

For decades, a focus in Medicaid has been on state proposals that fall outside what is allowable under the program’s normal rules. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) has wide discretion ...

On Aug. 18, more than two years since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...