Tag: CMS
CMS suspends more than 100 DME suppliers in fraud crackdown
July 23, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has suspended more than 100 DME suppliers and revoked the Medicare billing privileges of 725 suppliers as part of a broader effort to combat fraud in the program. CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz and Deputy Administrator Kimberly Brandt announced the enforcement actions during a July 9 press event, saying the suppliers had billed Medicare more than $1.5 billion. Brandt said the actions have “wiped out the majority of DME fraud...
HHS, CMS pause $1B in federal matching funds to Medicaid programs in two states
July 22, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have deferred more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota while the states provide additional documentation supporting certain claims. CMS says it is withholding approximately $867.5 million from California and $199 million from Minnesota following focused financial reviews that identified claims requiring further scrutiny. “CMS is done...
CMS seeks to tighten provider enrollment provisions
July 2, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 1 released a 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule that includes new provider enrollment provisions that would apply across Medicare provider and supplier types. Among the provisions: The ability to claw-back payments retroactive to the date of noncompliance for all revocations.
Under current regulations, certain Medicare enrollment revocations become effective prospectively — specifically,...
DOJ charges 455 in $6.5B fraud takedown
June 24, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged 455 defendants in connection with more than $6.5 billion in alleged health care fraud, including schemes involving durable medical equipment, Medicaid, opioids and other health care services.
“Health care fraud steals from taxpayers, exploits vulnerable patients, and puts lives at risk,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “We will find you, we will prosecute you and we will hold you accountable.”
The...
In brief: CMS puts Elevance Health on notice, Trace names Mark Farmer president, Next Day Access marks triple-digit growth
March 3, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will suspend Elevance Health’s ability to enroll people in its Medicare Advantage plans if the insurer doesn’t comply with risk adjustment data submission requirements.
In a Feb. 27 letter to Elevance, CMS said sanctions would begin March 31 for Elevance’s “pattern of knowing noncompliance.”
In its letter, CMS states: Since...
CMS says 22.8M consumers have signed up for insurance through Marketplaces
January 15, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that 22.8 million consumers have signed up for individual market health insurance coverage through the Marketplaces since the start of the 2026 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period (OEP) on Nov. 1, 2025. This includes 15.6 million Marketplace plan selections in the 30 states using the HealthCare.gov platform for the 2026 plan year and 7.2 million plan selections in the 20 states and the District of Columbia...
CMS to scrutinize immigration status for Medicaid, CHIP
August 21, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched an oversight initiative to ensure that enrollees in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or have a satisfactory immigration status.
CMS will begin providing states with monthly enrollment reports identifying individuals whose citizenship or immigration status could not be confirmed through federal databases, including the Department of Homeland...
White House, tech leaders commit to rebuilding health care system
July 31, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The White House and CMS have secured commitments from major health care and information technology firms – including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Google and OpenAI – to begin laying the foundation for a next-generation digital health ecosystem that they say will improve patient outcomes, reduce provider burden and drive value.
“For decades, bureaucrats and entrenched interests buried health data and blocked patients from taking control of their health,”...
CMS signals potential big changes to bid program
July 3, 2025Theresa Flaherty
WASHINGTON – Industry stakeholders await more details, but their initial analysis of CMS’s proposed rule for a new round of competitive bidding has them worried the agency plans to significantly expand the program to new product categories and impose new requirements.
Are CGMs a hot-ticket item?
In the June 30 announcement, CMS said product categories and a specific timeframe for the next round will be announced at a future date. Yet the agency highlighted continuous...
Dr. Oz launches Medicare enrollment series
June 11, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, who turns 65 today, is using his own Medicare enrollment experience to help Americans better understand how to sign up for Medicare and select the coverage that best fits their needs. Through a new video and social media series, Dr. Oz is walking future enrollees through simple steps they can take to get started—beginning with Medicare.gov. “Millions of Americans become eligible for Medicare each year, and this year, I’m one of...