Medicare is launching a new pilot program that will require prior approval for 17 health services using artificial intelligence tools.

CMS Rural Health Office leads $50 billion program funding all 50 states to modernize and expand rural healthcare through 2031.

CMS is distributing a much-needed batch of 400 new Medicare-supported graduate medical education positions to residency programs across the U.S. These residency slots were created under the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021 and the CAA of 2023 and are intended to help grow the physician workforce and address the nation's doctor shortage,

On Friday, December 19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced two new pilot programs aimed at reducing Medicare spending on prescription drugs and reducing beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket costs.

CMS will end health equity and social drivers of health reporting requirements for its end-stage renal disease quality reporting and incentive programs on Dec. 31. CMS administers the End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Reporting System and the ESRD Quality Incentive Program to monitor care quality for patients with kidney failure at dialysis facilities.

The U.S. government on Friday announced pilot programs to start in 2026 and 2027 that are aimed at reducing out-of-pocket drug costs under the Medicare healthcare program for older and disabled Americans to prices on par with economically comparable countries.