Medicare is funded through mandatory spending, keeping it safe from government shutdowns. The Medicare enrollment process begins with the Social Security Administration. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

UnitedHealthcare will discontinue its Medicare managed-care plans in Stanislaus County, effective Jan. 1. A few thousand Medicare recipients covered by UnitedHealthcare will need to sign up with ...

Charlotte-area high school football fans are going to have to make a little adjustment to the calendar. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is moving one night of its high school football schedule later ...

Health care providers across the country are canceling telehealth visits with Medicare beneficiaries or warning patients they will have to pay out of pocket for appointments because Congress let ...

Leading health insurers announced Wednesday that they will scale back their Medicare Advantage offerings next year as the health insurance industry braces for decreases in government reimbursement.

CMS has outlined the activities that will and won’t continue during the federal government shutdown. The federal government shut down at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 after lawmakers failed to reach a spending ...

Participation in Medicare ordinarily requires physicians and practitioners to submit claims on behalf of beneficiaries and comply with statutory charge limits. However, Section 1802 of the Social ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that premiums, benefits, and plan choices for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs are expected to ...

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The Trump administration projects average Medicare Advantage (MA) premiums will decline slightly for the 2026 plan year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday that the ...

CHICAGO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday struck down a U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule on how states fund their share of Medicaid costs after finding that ...

The personal information of more than 100,000 Medicare recipients may have been compromised in a recent "data incident," the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said June 30. As a result, some ...