In the $1.2 trillion budget package signed Tuesday, a little-known healthcare provision was reauthorized that will allow ...

With $50 billion set to flow to states over the next five years, CMS’ new Rural Health Transformation Program represents one of the largest federal investments in rural healthcare in decades. However, ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has injected new life into a grant program that could supply as much as $40,000 in educational grant funding to nursing students intending to work in ...

Florida remains one of a small number of states that hasn’t seen a Medicaid program reauthorized. If an approval doesn’t come before the end of the month, it could throw ...

The Trump administration has ordered states to investigate certain individuals enrolled in Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because of their immigration status, with five states ...

Minnesota is facing threats that the federal government may pull its funding for Minnesota’s Medicaid program until it cleans up its act amid investigations into multiple alleged fraud schemes ...

Durable medical equipment (DME) such as CPAP machines and hospital beds helps keep many patients out of expensive nursing home care and in their own homes. Unfortunately, creating the right payment ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new program to reduce prescription drug costs for Americans. The Generating Cost Reduction for U.S., known as GENEROUS, aims to ...

The federal government is continuing efforts to strengthen Medicaid program integrity, announcing Tuesday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin providing states new eligibility ...

On this day 60 years ago, the Medicaid and Medicare programs were signed into law by former President Lyndon B. Johnson. It was July 30, 1965, and both programs were established within the Social ...