The Medicare open enrollment period is a pivotal time for seniors to optimize their healthcare plans. From October 15 to December 7, beneficiaries can make crucial changes that impact their financial ...

Legal analysis: The official Medicare website is confusing beneficiaries who were worried about losing telehealth access on April 1. Legally Speaking, they're getting a reprieve from a change in ...

WASHINGTON — When Medicare starts negotiating drug prices, it will take into account how important a drug is for patients, Meena Seshamani, the director of the Center for Medicare, said Tuesday. “We ...

CMS Principal Deputy Administrator Jonathan Blum will step down next month, according to a Reuters report. CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced Mr. Blum’s resignation, effective May 16, in an ...

WASHINGTON — Medicare has chosen a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation official to temporarily lead its implementation of Democrats’ drug pricing law, a document obtained by STAT shows. The ...

The CMS is poised to crack down further on health insurers in the Medicare Advantage program, according to new comments from a top agency official. MA plans — which now cover more than half of ...

Harvard’s David Grabowski and Meena Seshamani of CMS discuss Medicare Advanatge efforts at the NIC Spring Conference Wednesday. Credit: Tori Soper DALLAS — Long-term care providers may not have had ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's Medicare chief on Wednesday slammed Sen. Bernie Sanders' call for a national health plan, saying "Medicare for All" would undermine care for seniors and ...

Sean R. Tunis, a Maryland physician and high-ranking Medicare official, has agreed to a one-year suspension from practicing medicine and a $20,000 fine for falsifying documents showing he had met his ...

The government's longtime chief analyst of Medicare costs said yesterday that Bush administration officials threatened to fire him last year if he disclosed to Congress that he believed the ...