Humana has informed congressional staffers that it supports measures to limit billing practices that result in billions of ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump declared Medicare off-limits several months ago, but Republicans are now considering ways to ...

Going forward, the real issue is whether Congress will adopt bold or timid Medicare payment reforms. Lawmakers could merely tweak Medicare’s complex payment formula, or they could lay the ...

While Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made improvements following previous recommendations from the Medicare Advisory Commission ...

There needs to be a systematic reform that makes Medicare payment rational, predictable and sustainable," Scott said. There are some provisions in the Medicare PFS that provider groups cheered ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare – is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 ...

Congress needs to bring more fairness to health care with a simple reform that could open up billions in health care savings: ...

Humana (HUM) backs reforms on extra Medicare Advantage payments from home visits and chart review. Read more here.

KFF laid out five things to know about site-neutral payment reforms in a June 14 article: 1. Medicare pays more for procedures and services in hospital outpatient departments than ASCs or physician ...

Payments to brokers who enroll people in Medicare plans should be reformed so that no preferential treatment is given for enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) instead of fee-for-service Medicare ...

Rural Americans — including those in West Texas and southeast New Mexico — face barriers to care, with many already having to drive hours into Odessa to receive the treatments they need ...