Americans are badly misinformed about the basics of long-term care, a point driven home in numerous surveys and studies. One of the latest, released in June by Nationwide, found that 58% of U.S.

CMS will implement prior authorization requirements for certain traditional fee-for-service Medicare services in six states starting next year. New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement prior authorization requirements for certain traditional ...

Gold Card’ programs were supposed to ease prior authorization burdens for doctors whose treatment recommendations are ...

In a recent column, I emphasized the importance of understanding which health insurance card to use when visiting a doctor.

To get quality healthcare, all you should need is your Medicare card, not your credit card. We’re delivering the biggest ever investment to make that a reality. When you’re sick, seeing a doctor ...

Wyoming became one of a growing number of states to implement a Medicare birthday rule, which allows Wyomingites on a ...

The original Medicare program alone pays for most of the health care received by about thirty-four million elderly and about ...

Many adults approaching retirement expect that Medicare will pay for nursing care in the event of disability. It won't.

My wife and I are 68. We only have Medicare Part A. I work for a state government and have excellent insurance benefits for the two of us. I've been accepted to graduate school and will quit my job. I ...

Cures Act expanded enrollment eligibility for Medicare Advantage to include people with end-stage kidney disease. Sometimes ...

Enrollment in Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to the traditional Medicare program administered by the government – has more than quadrupled. It now accounts for the majority of Medicare ...