Care Compare aims to give Medicare patients and family caregivers a user-friendly online tool to make informed decisions about healthcare based on location, cost, quality of care, volume of services, ...

Procedure Price Lookup provides Medicare patients with price differences for some surgical procedures in hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgery center care venues. The Centers for Medicare & ...

The agency plans to introduce AI agents to help Medicare beneficiaries find doctors and health plans, a challenge given many enrollees don’t yet trust the tools, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said ...

CMS updated its Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool to give users a more in-depth look at opioid prescribing rates across the U.S., the agency announced Feb. 22. 1. CMS launched the tool in 2015, which ...

The scorecard aligns with CMS' stated goal of avoiding micromanaging state Medicaid programs and instead holding states accountable for outcomes. It's also the latest push from the agency in a string ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has broadened the scope of the Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool, which was first launched three years ago to give insights into Medicare Part D prescribing ...

The federal government recently redesigned a digital tool that helps seniors navigate complicated Medicare choices, but consumer advocates say it’s malfunctioning with alarming frequency, offering ...

CMS launched an Application Program Interface that makes it easier to share electronic data for MACRA’s Quality Payment Program. In October, CMS revealed the program’s website. The new API, called the ...

CMS in October will launch three new Web-based tools designed to help Medicare beneficiaries choose a prescription drug plan, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said Tuesday, CQ HealthBeat reports. Speaking ...

After releasing enormous amounts of raw physician payment data to the public last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has introduced a more consumer-friendly--but apparently incomplete ...