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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency that administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Here is STAT reporting on CMS news, policy changes, and regulations affecting health care providers, patients, and payers.

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First Opinion Anand Parekh, William Dietz, and Joseph Nadglowski

Extending Medicare coverage to obesity medications is imperative

Health Care Inc. Newsletter Bob Herman

STAT Plus: A tough year for health insurance stocks as patients get more care

Exclusive Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: New York health insurer, executive agree to up to $100 million settlement over Medicare fraud tied to improper diagnoses

Business Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Copy-pasted notes and untrained providers: First federal audit of autism therapy finds problems in every record

D.C. Diagnosis Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: The Supreme Court cases already shaping Trump’s term

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Private Medicare insurers are likely to benefit in Trump’s new administration

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth wins lawsuit, forcing government to revise its Medicare Advantage ratings

First Opinion Arthur L. Caplan

STAT Plus: Don’t expect RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz to get much done on prevention and wellness

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Politics Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Top Medicaid official says Republicans’ proposed reforms are ‘just plain bad policy’

Business Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Private Medicare plans collect billions for care veterans are actually getting from VA

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First Opinion Michael L. Millenson

Medicare’s hidden information hurts people, policy

First Opinion Meena Seshamani

I’m the director of the Center for Medicare. Here’s how we executed the first round of drug price negotiation

Health Care Inc. Newsletter Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: The dropped call that took down Centene’s Medicare Advantage star ratings

Insurance Tara Bannow and Casey Ross

STAT Plus: For the behemoth UnitedHealth, a new threat to Medicare profits

Business Casey Ross, Tara Bannow, Lizzy Lawrence, and Bob Herman

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth collected billions in questionable Medicare payments, federal watchdog finds

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: What’s on the docket for Congress post-election: Chinese biotech, Medicare payments, ACA subsidies

Health John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: A former Medicare official says the program is in trouble, and Medicare Advantage is largely to blame

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Ballooning Medicaid costs challenge health insurer Elevance

Business Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Former UnitedHealth doctors detail what changed at their clinics after takeovers

Insurance Bob Herman and Casey Ross

STAT Plus: Medicare Advantage insurers ramped up use of technology to deny claims, Senate investigation shows

A STAT Investigation Tara Bannow, Bob Herman, Casey Ross, and Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: Inside UnitedHealth’s strategy to pressure physicians: $10,000 bonuses and a doctor leaderboard

First Opinion Neal K. Shah and David Casarett

STAT Plus: Harris’ Medicare at home plan doesn’t go nearly far enough

Business Bob Herman

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth sues Medicare to reverse downgraded star ratings

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Humana tumbles as insurer faces $3 billion hit to revenue over lower Medicare star ratings

Politics Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Biden administration axes proposal to mandate more drug price transparency in Medicaid

First Opinion Paul Ginsburg and Steve Lieberman

How the next president should reform Medicare

Health tech Katie Palmer

STAT Plus: As Medicare spending on remote patient monitoring jumps, HHS watchdog warns of fraud, misuse

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Wegovy is among drugs set to be targeted in the next round of Medicare price negotiations, researchers say

Pharma Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: PhRMA scores a small win in legal challenge to Medicare’s drug price negotiation