Each year, Medicare makes changes to its health and drug plans that can alter the cost, benefits, coverage and network of providers. When this happens, beneficiaries often have a lot of questions.

As Medicare reaches age 50, we see periodic signs of limited efforts to move beyond its youthful exuberance as a full-fledged pay-as-you-go, fee-for-service, universal entitlement program and toward a ...

Biotechnology has figured prominently in recent Medicare coverage and payment policies. Biotech treatments push policy boundaries for several reasons: They attract strong patient demand; they often ...

Policy makers have been trying to replace Medicare’s fee-for-service payment system for years with approaches that pay one price for an aggregation of services. The intent is to reward providers for ...

The precursor to Medicare's large and growing accountable careprogram ran five years and ended the month after the Affordable Care Act became law. The results, summarized in a new report, have proved ...

Online registration for this event is closed. Walk-in registrations will be accepted. Cost-saving proposals for Medicare have become a key element of paying for health care reform. But in discussions ...

Every October, Medicare gives its more than 67 million beneficiaries a chance to review coverage and make changes for the coming year. Experts say comparing your options is always a good idea, ...

Now that Medicare is poised to pay for the Diabetes Prevention Program, the next question is how to make it scalable. In 1941, Australian pharmacologist and pathologist Howard Florey demonstrated—for ...