For many enrolled in Medicare, the cost of prescription drugs has become a significant monthly concern. Despite having insurance, high copays or unexpected pharmacy price hikes can disrupt a fixed ...

Most seniors know that Medicare covers medical expenses like prescriptions, outpatient procedures, vaccines and more. What ...

CMS announced the most recent round of awards Dec. 18, with hospitals receiving modest but targeted increases across primary care, behavioral health and other shortage specialties. The awards increase ...

Most medical practices do not think Medicare Part B quality reporting programs enhance the quality of patient care, and believe the programs actually negatively affect practice resources, efficiency ...

The American Hospital Association says other health systems and hospitals have expressed interest in creating at-home ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 41.9 percent of U.S. adults were obese from 2017 to 2020.

He explained that there is no provision in GLOBE or GUARD that changes what plans, hospitals or pharmacists pay for prescription drugs, and there is no mechanism for shifting the any savings to ...

Medicare Part B covers opioid treatment programs (OTPs) for opioid use disorder (OUD). The government and an independent, government-approved accrediting body must certify the program. Opioid use ...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) created major incentive programs for clinicians and hospitals that adopt electronic health records and achieve certain Meaningful Use (MU) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert Thornton received personalized hospital care for COVID-19 and pneumonia in his Belvidere, Ill., home in 2024 as part of a ...

Insurers have been canceling Medicare Advantage programs for years. Fresno Unified isn't alone in the fight between payers ...