While the AHA has called on CMS to rethink its plan to add prior authorization requirements to traditional Medicare, some argue that the program is due for some utilization management. CMS has sparked ...

We are a nation built on the principles of citizenship. The benefits of our citizenship, the liberties and rights so richly defining us as a nation, are immeasurable. However, we should pause to ...

In the brief period since Paul Ryan was chosen to be Mitt Romney’s running mate, health policy experts have been spending a lot of time explaining what Ryan’s budget plan means for Medicare. There’s ...

One of the things Obama took pains to highlight during last night’s debate was just how aggressively his administration has gone after Medicare fraudsters. Remember Jacques Roy, the Rockwall physician ...

Privately administered Medicare Advantage (MA) has long been the subject of policy debate. To some, the once-nascent source of Medicare coverage is an important mechanism for injecting competition and ...

Experts remain divided over whether or not Medicare should cover PET scans for people suspected to have Alzheimer’s disease, according to a USA TODAY report. CMS recently issued a decision draft ...

Elizabeth Warren avoided using the phrase “Medicare for all” in Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, shortly after facing backlash for the price tag and details of her healthcare plan.

OXFORD, Ohio -- Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan weighed into the ongoing debate over Medicare at a public rally here Wednesday, inviting a public argument about the future of the ...

With another Congressional deadline looming this month for most telehealth coverage under Medicare, a new University of Michigan study adds more data to the debate. It shows that the total number of ...

Even in a state bombarded for months by campaign ads, Medicare wasn’t much of an issue in the presidential campaign until a week ago. Then Mitt Romney selected Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate, ...