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Natural Cycles Receives HCPCS Level II Code from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for its birth control app

HCPCS Level II is a standardized coding system used primarily to identify products, supplies, services, and durable medical equipment. The coding system is maintained by CMS. Commercial payers use the ... read more

Answer Man: What happens if CMS stops Mission Hospital's Medicare and Medicaid payments?

ASHEVILLE – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has threatened to terminate Mission Hospital’s Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements if the facility does not become substantially compliant ... read more

CMS changes quality measure set for home- and community-based services

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced changes to the quality measure set for home- and community-based services and described reporting requirements for Money Follows the Person grant ... read more

CGI selected by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve Medicare access for more than 65 million beneficiaries nationwide

firm-fixed price contract by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to help improve access to Medicare for millions of beneficiaries by modernizing the agency's Health Plan Management ... read more

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Revise National Coverage Determination for Stem Cell Transplantation

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revise the National Coverage Determination of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for individuals with myelodysplastic syndromes ... read more

Briefly speaking: A look at Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security

Anyway, Medicare has two basic plans. Part A, or hospital coverage, is paid for by the Medicare payroll tax deducted from a worker’s paycheck. So, it’s essentially free once you turn 65. (By the way, ... read more

Billing for Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialists Services Within the Medicare Program

The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration) administers Medicare. Medicare funds ... read more

Mental health care is hard to find, especially for people with Medicare or Medicaid

Medicaid reimbursements for psychiatric services are even lower when compared with Medicare, says Ellen Weber, senior vice president for health initiatives at the Legal Action Center. "They're baking ... read more

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Revise National Coverage Determination for Stem Cell Transplantation

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revise the National Coverage Determination of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for individuals with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS ... read more

Mental health care is hard to find, especially for people with Medicare or Medicaid

With rates of suicide and opioid deaths rising in the past decade and children's mental health declared a national emergency, the United States faces an unprecedented mental health crisis. read more