Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional commentary. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule Monday afternoon to “shut down [a] Medicaid loophole” related ...

This article is part of a new Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Medicaid Financing. The featured topic includes analysis, proposals, and commentary that will inform policies on the state and ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) submitted a regulation to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that could upend Medicaid provider tax program financing. The regulation is ...

The proposal threatens states’ ability to fund state supplemental payment programs for Medicaid, which providers rely on as a boost for revenues. Provider taxes have been around in some form since the ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released new guidance on provider taxes. CMS issued the preliminary guidance in light of new federal requirements. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut ...

The Trump administration is putting all 50 states on notice.

An Illinois nursing home is suing to stop federal regulators from docking providers’ star ratings over unsatisfactory audits ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a major Medicaid financing rule aimed at closing what the agency has described as a long-standing “healthcare-related tax loophole.” ...