News Report | October 27, 2019
Executive Order Issued To Study Medicare FFS Pricing Alignment With Medicare Advantage & Commercial Plans
On October 3, 2019, President Donald Trump issued an executive order focused on aligning Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) payments with Medicare Advantage and commercial markets. The order instructed the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop approaches to modifying traditional Medicare FFS to more closely reflect prices paid for those services in Medicare Advantage and in commercial insurance markets. A report on those approaches is due to the White House within 180 days.
By January 1, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement regulatory or sub-regulatory changes to the . . .