- Ensuring safety and quality in America’s nursing homes CMS is in charge of developing and enforcing quality and safety standards across the nation’s health care system, a responsibility we consider a sacred trust.
- NIH funds study in four states to reduce opioid related deaths by 40% over 3 years: Funds are being used for a study of University of Kentucky, Lexington; Boston Medical Center, Boston; Columbia University, New York; and Ohio State University, Columbus. Findings to serve as a blueprint for communities nationwide.
- Service Provisions, Hospitalizations, and Chronic Conditions in adult day service centers: This report presents the most recent nationally representative percentages of adult day services centers (ADSCs) with hospitalizations and chronic conditions by service provision.
- Actively addressing Social Determinants of Health will help us achieve health equity: Each April marks National Minority Health Month, providing the opportunity to acknowledge the progress made in reducing disparities, as well as a chance to reflect on what more needs to be done to achieve health equity.
- Taking action and providing states options to minimize economic burden created by the ACA: Ever since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA) main requirements were implemented in 2014, individual health insurance markets across the country have been struggling.
- CMS Streamlines Medicaid review process and reduces approval times so states can more effectively manage their programs: We are working to reset the federal-state relationship and restore the partnership between the states and the federal government, while at the same time modernizing the program to deliver better outcomes for the people we serve.
- Recovery Audits: improvements to protect taxpayer dollars and put patients over paperwork: Some argue the solution to our nation’s health care problems is a government-run health insurance program for everyone. While they may point to Medicare’s low administrative costs as a reason to expand the program, the reality is that these costs are low in part because we must target our program integrity efforts.