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 ...

Tiana Brandon, the mother of a nonverbal child with level 2 autism, is appealing to the CEO of Mercy Care to reverse a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The provider tax is a key source of funding for rural hospitals. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images for People's Action file) (Tasos ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule Thursday afternoon, clamping down on states’ Medicaid provider taxes. The changes to address what the agency has described as ...

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Nearly all states use taxes levied on providers like hospitals or nursing facilities to help fund their share of Medicaid, according to health policy research firm KFF. The taxes are used to inflate ...