CMS has unveiled the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model, a new Innovation Center initiative aimed at reducing unnecessary services in traditional Medicare and streamlining the prior ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a new Innovation Center model aimed at helping ensure people with Original Medicare receive care.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a new initiative aimed at improving prior authorization processes for Original Medicare beneficiaries. Announced last week, the Wasteful ...

Medicare usually does not cover breast reduction surgery as a cosmetic procedure, but it may do so in cases where large breasts cause symptoms that affect daily life. Learn more.

Medicare typically runs a fee-for-service (FFS) billing system, which means that healthcare facilities, clinics, doctors, and other healthcare professionals bill for each service or item they provide.

States and health insurers received new guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) May 2 on how to prepare should Congress fund cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments or ...

Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks during his swearing-in ceremony as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the Oval Office of the White House on April 18, 2025, in Washington. Dr.

The infected person could have exposed others who were at the Thomas Edison Service Area (southbound on the New Jersey Turnpike) between 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, state health ...

For small, mobile, local businesses operating without a fixed storefront, navigating the world of local SEO can feel like charting uncharted territory. Service area businesses (SABs) – think ...

As Medicare Open Enrollment begins this week, new Biden administration data shows that seniors’ prescription drug costs have skyrocketed 31% since the Inflation Reduction Act’s passage in 2022.

According to the report, because of the IRA capping the cost of insulin at $35, about 26,000 Bay State Medicare enrollees taking insulin to help manage their diabetes will see about $500 in ...