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

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

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

As Senate Republicans go deep into reconciliation bill-drafting mode, Medicare is increasingly coming up as a potential ...

Bipartisan support exists for site-neutral payment legislation, but the hospital industry's resistance remains a significant obstacle. Implementing site-neutral payments would provide substantial ...

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

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

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 introduced site-neutral payments for new outpatient departments but excepted existing ones. To evaluate the impact of this law, we analyzed 2013–20 Medicare ...

Compared with traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans are, on average, paid more by the taxpayer-funded Medicare system for covering each enrollee. Advantage plans also have more flexibility to ...

Policy makers should modernize Medicare payment policy and require direct billing by nurse practitioners and physician ...

“There’s a lot of concern on Capitol Hill about Medicare Advantage,” Marshall said, adding that a plan backed by Republican ...