A judge sentenced Duran, now 63, to the longest prison term in history for Medicare fraud in September 2016. Trump issued ...

Medicare has several kinds of questionnaires. The biggest one is the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), which collects statistics about Medicare beneficiaries. You may also take surveys ...

For years, industry leaders have known that Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans are not one-size-fits-all. But ...

Medicare was originally operated as a single-payer health care system, with the federal government directly purchasing medical services for elderly and disabled beneficiaries. Yet, the proportion ...

The plan to investigate the private health-insurance companies that run Medicare Advantage has been drastically expanded.

This article looks at how Medicare for All might work, the purpose of suggesting it, and whether people support the idea of Medicare for All. Medicare for All is a proposed national health program ...

This is why the recent endorsement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the concept of a “fit-for-purpose” (FFP) study is so significant. Updated CMS policies ...

The purpose of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to make healthcare more affordable. It has had various effects on Medicare, including eliminating the drug coverage gap (donut hole) and improving ...

Yet it would be an overstep to say the program should not exist. Medicare Advantage serves a clear purpose for recipients looking for most of Medicare’s benefits wrapped up in a single ...

Medicare has recently endorsed the concept of “fit-for-purpose” (FFP) studies to support ongoing evidence generation as a condition of coverage for selected emerging medical products.