CMS confirms that Medicare's pandemic-era telehealth expansions will end January 2026, impacting access to virtual care for millions of beneficiaries.

Explore 2026 Medicare Advantage updates including enrollment, rising costs, and shrinking plan availability due to insurer withdrawals in multiple U.S. counties.

CMS finalizes 2026 Medicare outpatient payment rule with expanded site-neutral payments, enhanced hospital price transparency, and telehealth supervision provisions affecting hospitals and ASCs nationwide.

CMS indefinitely suspends skilled nursing facility provider enrollment revalidation deadline, altering compliance landscape and emphasizing ongoing disclosure obligations for facilities undergoing ownership changes.

CMS launches the ACCESS Model, a 10-year initiative to enhance chronic disease management for Medicare beneficiaries through technology and outcome-based payments.

Explore the regulatory frameworks influencing data exchange in value-based care, including CMS rules, HIPAA, and state requirements. Understand operational challenges in healthcare data governance.

CMS introduces the MAHA ELEVATE Model to finance lifestyle and functional medicine interventions in Original Medicare, targeting chronic disease prevention and cost reduction.

A 2024 GAO report reveals ongoing challenges with unauthorized ACA plan enrollments and plan-switching fraud despite new CMS safeguards, emphasizing the need for stronger identity verification and regulatory measures.

Medicare premiums and deductibles will rise in Wyoming next year, intensifying financial pressures on fixed-income seniors despite a Social Security increase. Learn how these changes affect affordability and senior healthcare access.

CMS has repealed the 2024 minimum nursing home staffing requirements, removing mandated staff-to-resident ratios but maintaining enhanced assessment protocols. This change impacts long-term care quality regulations and remains effective in February 2026.