Drug Pricing on TV
CMS | Nov. 8, 2018

November 8, 2018 The CMS proposed that drug manufacturers be required to disclose the list prices of drugs covered by Medicare or Medicaid in TV ads. In particular, manufacturers would

Listening In: A Conversation with Seema Verma, CMS
CMS | Aug. 30, 2018

August 30, 2018 Leavitt Partners, a Salt lake City-based healthcare consulting firm, hosted a conversation with Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Seema Verma, about value-based healthcare. Here’s

New Efforts to Prop up the ACA
CMS | Sep. 27, 2017

The consensus remains that the battle to repeal and replace the ACA is far from over, but is reaching a bipartisan healthcare compromise at all realistic in this environment?

Single-Payer, GOP Healthcare Proposals Released
CMS | Sep. 13, 2017

Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced his “Medicare for All” legislation, while Sens. Bill Cassidy and Lindsay Graham released what might be the Senate’s last effort to repeal & replace the ACA.

CMS Market Stability Rule
CMS | Feb. 15, 2017

CMS Market Stability Rule Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the first proposed rule in the wake of the President’s