Medicare & Medicaid

Michigan Medicine analysis of 539 million appointments shows overall volume flat or falling, even in specialties that leaned hardest on virtual care.

Patients come first instead of insurance, Big Pharma and special interests, president says in statement.

CMS tallies annual expenditures that include $1.1 trillion for physician and clinical services.

The CEO of advocacy group Accountable for Health discusses what ACOs found in Medicare’s massive spending on skin substitutes.

Health insurance CEOs to be called in later this month; advocates call for changes to Medicare policies.

Did you catch all the Medicare payment model changes coming for 2026 and 2027? Here’s a slideshow recap.

The revision preserves insurance coverage for all vaccines but shifts several shots to high-risk or shared decision-making categories as HHS promises new clinical trials.

A physician expert discusses changes in RPM policy and reimbursement.

A physician expert discusses changes in RPM policy and reimbursement.

A physician expert discusses changes in RPM policy and reimbursement.

Medicare’s planned 2026 overhaul puts primary care physicians at the center of preventing complications, reducing costs and saving limbs.

A physician expert discusses changes in RPM policy and reimbursement.

A physician expert discusses changes in RPM policy and reimbursement.

A physician expert discusses changes in RPM policy and reimbursement.

A physician expert discusses changes in RPM policy and reimbursement.

A physician expert discusses changes in RPM policy and reimbursement.

Commission cites stable access and strengthening finances, urges targeted support for hospitals caring for more low-income Medicare patients.

The critical role of financial transparency and empathy to improve patient satisfaction

Commission staff present chair’s draft recommendation for a 0.5-point boost above current law as survey data show Medicare outperforms commercial coverage on access and wait times.

How to get paid for continuing relationships with patients who have complex, serious conditions.

A slideshow primer based on updated guidance from CMS.

CMS administrator outlines payment changes, Medicaid reforms, fraud efforts and a plan to overhaul prior authorization during his speech at the AMA Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates.

Money for doctors, quick turnaround, policy changes — and even excitement?

Top CMS policymakers outline benefits to primary care for Medicare spending next year.

A decade of federal initiatives strengthened care coordination, engagement and clinical quality in primary care, but fee-for-service incentives kept spending high.