The announcement is an about-face from earlier efforts that scrapped a cardiac care bundled payment program originally developed during the Obama administration. A mandatory payment model is coming in ...

The Trump administration's aggressive proposal to tie U.S. drug spending through Medicare to the much lower prices paid by other countries piqued interest and launched discussions this week among ...

The CMS plans to unveil a mandatory Medicare payment model for cancer patients, and two new voluntary models for cardiac care in the coming weeks, said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. That means the Trump ...

Speaking at the meeting for the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living in Washington, Azar said HHS' proposal for the SNF Patient-Driven Payment Model would drive ...

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will soon launch “new, bold” models for value-based care — and they might be mandatory, according HHS Secretary Alex Azar’s remarks at a Sept. 6 meeting ...

Both the HHS secretary and CMS administrator cited the competition among Medicare Advantage plans as a model of success. The keys to solving the U.S. healthcare system's pervasive cost problem include ...

The hearing for Alex Azar as the Secretary of Health and Human Services revolved in large part around the drug pricing controversy, and the former drug company executive told a Senate panel that ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar denied the information presented in a New York Times article, ...