This year America’s doctors can forget raising a glass of celebratory champagne. Despite the congressional enactment of a 2.5 ...
Imagine being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness—only to learn that your doctor is limited to using treatments and tools from the 2000s instead of more advanced therapies. That’s exactly what’s ...
The American Medical Association expressed disappointment after the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted Jan. 15 to recommend only a modest update to Medicare physician payments for 2027, ...
Primary care physicians are often called the quarterbacks of healthcare because they coordinate and direct patients’ journeys through the medical system. On a typical NFL team, the quarterback is the ...
In Louisiana, nearly 1 million people depend on Medicare for their health coverage, but our doctors are struggling to keep up. That’s because the way Medicare pays physicians is fundamentally flawed.
Medicare pays for about 8 million surgeries each year, from joint replacements and spinal fusions to open-heart bypasses. To ensure that seniors get the best follow-up care possible -- and thus avoid ...
UnitedHealth Group is facing a torrent of accusations that it and its industry peers have exploited the Medicare Advantage program to gain billions in extra payments from the federal treasury. These ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks at a Better Medicare Alliance event in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 15, 2025. (Rebecca ...
If the Medicare program sets the payment rate to providers, it need not be so concerned with provider market power. However, while exceptions exist, a provider-oriented approach will require ...
A new report by the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) analyzes Medicare Part B spending trends for skin substitute products and reveals that expenditures in ...
The authors of the study and the editorial note that a primary limitation on these findings is the concentration of Medicare ...
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