This month, the Biden administration is launching ACO REACH, a program that pits the financial...
Medicare
Hospitals overbill Medicare, driving up costs for everyone
At the end of last year, the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report listing...
Government rules won’t curtail Medicare Advantage bad acts...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency charged with overseeing Medicare...
Government proposes to improve prior authorization process
Since their inception, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have been allowed to develop their own...
Surgery comes with life-threatening risks for older adults
Almost 14 percent of older adults die soon after receiving major surgery. They face...
Congress should lift debt ceiling, protect against Republican...
In an op-ed for The Hill, Nancy Altman, Chair of Social Security Works, speaks to the...
CMS overpays Medicare Advantage plans and lets them keep the...
CMS last audited Medicare Advantage plans nine years ago, in 2013, and found millions of...
New Medicare Advantage rules won’t stop the misleading...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that oversees Medicare, is...
Bill in Congress would keep private insurers from using Medicare...
Congressmen Marc Pocan and Ro Khanna introduced the Save Medicare Act last week. If passed, the...
Government proposes national health care provider directory
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to create a national health care...