WASHINGTON – As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s effort to ensure more than 150 million people with private health coverage have greater access to mental health and substance use disorder care, the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury took significant action today by issuing final rules to clarify and strengthen protections to expand equitable access to these benefits as compared to medical and surgical benefits and reduce barriers to accessing these services ..read more

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) are notifying people whose protected health information or other personally identifiable information (PII) may have been compromised in connection with Medicare administrative services provided by WPS. WPS is a CMS contractor that handles Medicare Part A/B claims and related services for CMS.   ..read more

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency. CMS Posts FAQs Addressing BD BACTEC™ Blood Culture Bottle Shortage  ..read more

Longer grant periods will allow more Navigators to reach consumers where they are, building on the Affordable Care Act’s historic health coverage gains ..read more

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency. CMS Releases Updated Poster for Hospital Posting of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Rights for all Patients ..read more

Biden-Harris Administration delivers on promise to lower prescription drug costs for Americans ..read more

The Inflation Reduction Act is saving Americans millions in lower prescription drug costs and making health insurance more affordable.  Two years ago today, President Biden signed into law historic legislation to lower health care costs for millions of Americans. The Inflation Reduction Act, also known as the lower cost prescription drug law, created the first ever annual cap on out-of-pocket drug costs for people with Medicare, capped the cost of each covered insulin at $35 per month, granted Medicare the power to directly negotiate drug prices, and made Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketp ..read more

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency. CMS Publishes Fact Sheet on Services Available Through GUIDE Model ..read more

New Mandatory Model to Improve Health Outcomes Post-Surgery and Advance Climate Resiliency ..read more

CMS finalizes innovative pathway for new medical technologies ..read more