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In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Veterans Affairs was forced to change how it pays for veterans' education benefits after IT problems.
One of the biggest culprits of improper payments in the federal government — the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — is making progress to combat the issue.
In today's Federal Newscast, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it avoided handing out more than $4.5 billion in improper payments under one of its signature programs in fiscal 2018.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Willkie said he is not concerned his agency will be impacted by President Donald Trump's request that agencies trim their budgets by 5 percent in 2020.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Agriculture Department's progress under the Centers of Excellence initiative can now be tracked through a new website.
Somewhere along the line, annual spending for Medicare and Medicaid hit the $1 trillion mark. More than half is Medicaid.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Senate passed a bill funding the Defense Department until the end of September 2019, giving it a total of $675 billion for next year.
In today's Federal Newscast, the president has named Tamara Bonzanto to take over as the new assistant secretary for the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at the Veterans Affairs Department.
Joe Doyle, the director of the Office of Customer Experience at USDA, said he expects the agency can make its services "faster, friendlier and easier" without asking for additional funding from Congress, or without much help from the private sector.
In today's Federal Newscast, the State Department plans to spend almost $1 billion to modernize four key services under the Bureau of Consular Affairs.
HHS' Office of Inspector General is giving its agents on-the-ground a chance to tell their stories, in their own words.
But even if the ACA disappeared, the government would still have a giant footprint in health and disease research. The National Institutes of Health's annual budget and what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pays out for kidney dialysis both equal about $35 billion.
Jonathan Sullivan, a digital services expert at the U.S. Digital Service, said modernizing the Quality Payment Program for CMS required a change in approach.
A GAO report found holes in CMS' systems for protecting private health data between entities.