On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Calendar Year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which includes changes to the Medicare Shared Savings ...

CMS has released a final rule that allows for the use of standardized extracts of Medicare claims data for qualified entities to measure healthcare providers’ and suppliers’ performance. Under the new ...

Picture here are (L-R): CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure; CMS Special Assistant Kristiana Yao (back to camera); Edwina Bell, Director of Nursing, St. Elizabeth’s; Lee Fleisher, M.D., CMS Chief ...

Medicare’s value-based programs are penalizing inpatient hospitals for community-level health equity factors that impact outcomes but are largely out of hospitals’ control, according to a recent ...

CMS increased MEOS payments to $110 PPPM, with a maximum reimbursement of $140, still below the OCM level of $160. The EOM model's duration is extended to June 2030, with a new cohort starting in July ...

State Department of Public Instruction leaders released performance grades Thursday for schools in North Carolina. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials boasted about gains in certain key areas and ...

Election Day is Nov. 7, but early voting in Mecklenburg County starts Oct. 19. Make sure you’re informed on the issues and candidates before you head to the polls with The Charlotte Observer’s voter ...