Medicare & Medicaid

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, (R-NC), discusses reforms he hopes Congress will consider this year.

Study finds traditional Medicare doing just as well at providing dental, vision and hearing services

A Weill Cornell Medicine study found that one-third of all Medicare Part D pharmacy spending and nearly 40% of specialty drug spending within Medicare Part D was through pharmacies owned by the four largest PBMs: CVS, UnitedHealth Group, Cigna and Humana.

Opting out of Medicare might be your only choice

With time still left to enroll, the 2025 marketplace open enrollment period has seen 11.6 million more enrollees compared to 2021.

MGMA: Late 2024 legislation had some help for health care, but House, Senate need to act now.

Sheila P. Burke, chair, Government Relations and Public Policy Group, Baker Donelson Law Firm, explains what changes could be made to Medicare and Medicaid under the Trump administration.

The budget continuing resolution does nothing to address cuts to Medicare reimbursement, and physicians are going to pay the price

Health care costs money. Here’s how much the nation spent last year.

CMS Office of the Actuary publishes annual price tag; physicians got $978 billion of it.

How to stop accepting Medicare in your practice.

Health care organizations respond to ‘mixed bag’ bill.

AANP offers five critical health care trends for next year.

ACP also calls for action on prior authorizations.

Respondents citing financial hardship as a reason for non-adherence to asthma medications had nearly double the odds of an asthma attack and more than 60% heightened risk of requiring ED care.

MedPAC starts deliberations on 2026 reimbursement recommendation to Congress.

Researchers asked doctors why they continue with fee-for-service payment. There are many reasons, as a study co-author explains.

A physician researcher discusses why primary care physicians do not participate in value-based payment models.

A physician researcher discusses why primary care physicians do not participate in value-based payment models.

A physician researcher discusses why primary care physicians do not participate in value-based payment models.

A physician researcher discusses why primary care physicians do not participate in value-based payment models.

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, discusses his bill to stop the planned Medicare reimbursement reduction.

A physician researcher discusses why primary care physicians do not participate in value-based payment models.

A physician researcher discusses why primary care physicians do not participate in value-based payment models.

A physician researcher discusses why primary care physicians do not participate in value-based payment models.

A physician researcher discusses why primary care physicians do not participate in value-based payment models.

A physician researcher discusses why primary care physicians do not participate in value-based payment models.

RAND study found hospitals have increased how frequently they say patients need the highest level of care

The Commonwealth Fund compares United States with other developed nations.

The clock is ticking for lawmakers to approve policies that could affect U.S. health care.