Enterprise electronic health record (EHR) systems generate enormous volumes of clinical and administrative data every day.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is freezing enrollment in Elevance Health's Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug Plans for alleged noncompliance with risk adjustment and data submission ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

At the end of January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent shockwaves through the healthcare industry when it proposed a substantially smaller-than-expected increase in the rate ...

Quality data is critical to informing public health actions. That’s why every day, state and local health departments analyze and use health system data to protect and promote community health. They ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposal outlining 2027 payment and policy updates to Medicare Advantage (otherwise known as Medicare Part C), a private‑plan ...

CMS proposes a 0.09% payment increase for MA and Part D, raising concerns about cost implications for insurers and beneficiaries. The proposal aims to improve payment accuracy and risk adjustment, ...

CMS has formally established the Office of Rural Health Transformation within the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, creating a permanent home for the federal government’s $50 billion Rural Health ...

CMS has been trying to scale value-based care for decades with mixed results — but the agency’s newly announced ACCESS model could represent a more meaningful step toward aligning payment with ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing enhancements to the Medicare Advantage and Part D Star Ratings program. Beginning in the 2027 measurement year, CMS proposes to remove ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

The 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule boosts virtual care in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, but complicates reimbursement for providers using telehealth from alternate sites, like their ...