TEAM may encourage hospitals to improve the quality of the care their patients receive after being discharged. But it also ...

Care payment models CMS introduced in 2025 include six new initiatives targeting drug pricing, chronic disease, and specialty care payments.

The rising cost for this coverage doesn’t appear to be happening in a vacuum, as health care costs in general are on the rise ...

Doctors providing care for Medicare patients face yet another bureaucratic payment cut in 2025. Thankfully, Congress is considering granting them relief. But doctors need more than another temporary ...

The Medicare prescription payment plan may help Medicare beneficiaries with higher out-of-pocket drug costs manage their monthly medication expenses by allowing them to pay less each month over time.

CMS has launched the BALANCE Model, a five-year test to lower costs & expand Medicare access to GLP-1 weight-loss drugs while ...

When the time comes to transition to nursing home care, figuring out how to pay for it is often a primary concern for families. Many people mistakenly believe Medicare will cover the entire cost of ...

The Biden administration Thursday finalized policy changes for Medicare reimbursements in 2024 that will cut payments to physicians by 1.25% compared to 2023. The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule ...

Ginsburg is a senior scholar at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics and is a former vice chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Lieberman is a nonresident senior scholar ...

Medicare is one of the few government programs where a missed deadline can quietly drain your wallet for decades. If you are ...

According to telehealth.org, policy changes have also helped telehealth become a permanent option for Medicare patients. The Consolidated Appropriations Acts of 2021 and 2023 removed limits on where ...

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