Several Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) programs aim to transform how health care is delivered by adjusting Medicare inpatient hospital payments through a system of rewards and ...

Hospitals get a 2.4% rate increase for inpatient payments in a proposed rule released on Friday. The increase reflects a projected FY 2027 hospital market basket percentage increase of 3.2%, reduced ...

For 2026, 94 more hospitals received a 5-star rating in the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday. In total, 385 hospitals earned ...

Health systems are navigating a continued push toward value-based payment models, with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) accelerating timelines and signaling a broader expansion of ...

Providers will only make a decisive pivot toward value and health generation if the business case for value-based payment (VBP) is compelling and other paths to sustainable revenues are closed off.

From improving outcomes for vulnerable, post-acute patients to building collaborative networks using real-time data for measurable impact, it can take several different approaches to deliver quality ...

Experts highlight that applying value-based payment models to atrial fibrillation care requires flexible, team-based approaches focused on reducing hospitalizations, repeat procedures, and stroke, ...

A new study published in JAMA Health Forum found that bundled payment programs for outpatient spine surgery significantly reduced healthcare costs and lowered readmission rates among Medicare ...

On April 1, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Program. This program mandates bundled payment reimbursements for ...