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) ...
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) — Approximately 50,000 Vermonters are scrambling to find new health care coverage after two major Medicare Advantage plans last week announced their departure from the market ...
Healthcare providers are dealing with a shakeup in Medicare Advantage coverage in Stanislaus County. UnitedHealthcare will discontinue three Medicare plans that provided extra benefits for residents ...
The Plymouth zoning board is deliberating a Chapter 40B proposal to build 163 condominiums on plots of land east of Route 3A. One-fourth of the units would be set aside as affordable. The project is ...
TO HELP NAVIGATE THIS. MEDICARE IS SUPER CONFUSING. IT’S CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO EVEN KNOW ABOUT MEDICARE. CHANGES TO MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS ARE COMING IN THE NEW YEAR FOR 77,000 GRANITE STATERS ...
Medicare Part B premiums and deductibles are expected to soar next year. The steep increase is due to several factors, including higher utilization of Part B services. Some retirees may be able to ...
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 ...
Two major carriers of Medicare Advantage plans are pulling out of New Hampshire, and several other carriers are scaling back where they will offer coverage in the state, the New Hampshire Insurance ...
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 ...
More and more Americans are turning to telehealth—seeing a doctor by phone or video instead of going into the office. For years, these virtual visits were covered by insurance just like in-person ...
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 ...
The program, called WISeR, aims to reduce wasteful spending and fraud in the Medicare system. Doctors and Democrats have raised concerns that the pre-approval process could delay or deny necessary ...