Medicare & Medicaid
Centene made no admission of liability and maintained its business practices are lawful.
While spending cuts will be needed, more taxes will be required to ensure the short-term stability of the program, Urban Institute found.
A small percentage of providers are engaging in "high risk billing," which poses a risk to Medicare, OIG found.
The program will allow Oregon to provide community-based stabilization services to people experiencing mental health or substance use crises.
Key funding programs are set to expire at the end of the month, hospital group says.
The agency's rule reverses a Trump-era policy that affected noncitizens' legal status if they received health benefits, including Medicaid.
OIG said this information will help CMS, HHS, Congress and other stakeholders understand who benefited from the expansion.
AHIP told CMS that the proposed changes to the RADV audits would undermine confidence and result in higher costs and reduced benefits.
CMS should make advance payments available to all ACOs working to achieve health equity, their letter says.
The Foundation for Government Accountability wants CMS to release enforcement data it did not get by FOIA request.