Medicare & Medicaid
News articles in this section include actions by federal regulators like the CMS and HHS, as well as information on Medicare and state Medicaid coverage and benefits.
UnitedHealth Group reported lower earnings in the third quarter of 2020 compared with a year ago, suggesting that the period of record profits large health insurers reaped early in the COVID-19 pandemic may have ended.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added 11 new telehealth services that Medicare will reimburse, including cardiac rehabilitation services.
Last year, Pfizer posted a billboard outside its midtown Manhattan headquarters showing a larger-than-life patient smiling at his partner. “Dedicated to the brave of heart,” it read.
Insurers initially feared a steep financial hit from the coronavirus, but the outlook changed once earnings reports rolled in
Medicare open enrollment begins Thursday, and experts say to keep an eye on how insurers are offering supplemental benefits and the growth of telehealth.
The population on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA's) exchanges that do not get subsidies declined by 45% from 2016 to 2019, a new report from the Trump administration found.
Fewer Medicare Advantage plans scored high quality ratings for their 2021 plans than the year before, according to the latest federal data.
Estimates for the 2021 Part B premium, which adjusts each year, have been tricky due to the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on health care services.
U.S. employers, battered by rising hospital and pharmaceutical prices, are increasingly open to a bigger government role in healthcare, including regulating prices and expanding Medicare to more working Americans.
Monthly premiums for Medicare Advantage plans are expected to decrease again in 2021, as enrollment in the privatized version of traditional Medicare climbs.