I attended a certificate NP program and do not have a master's degree. I did not apply for a Medicare provider number by the 2003 cut-off date. Can I still be a Medicare provider, and if not, how do I ...

Whether you are a practitioner or own a health care service such as a nursing home, home health agency, hospice or durable equipment supply company, you must complete a multiple-step process to bill ...

Medicare Advantage online provider directories are routinely filled with inaccuracies, according to a recently completed review by CMS. With 48.7% of provider directory locations containing at least ...

Medicare has one of the highest rates of wasteful spending government-wide, losing more than $200 billion over the past five years to provider billing errors. Keep in mind that number does not include ...

For now, the most reasonable stance is watchful waiting: acknowledging the real problems WISeR seeks to address, recognizing ...

Seniors shopping between Medicare Advantage plans will soon have clearer data about payers’ provider networks under a rule the CMS finalized Thursday. Regulators are requiring MA plans to directly ...

Little is known about the characteristics of the workforce providing home-based medical care for traditional (fee-for-service) Medicare beneficiaries. We found that the number of participating home ...

Major insurers, including Aetna CVS Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Blue Cross Blue Shield, are reducing their 2026 Medicare ...