For many enrolled in Medicare, the cost of prescription drugs has become a significant monthly concern. Despite having insurance, high copays or unexpected pharmacy price hikes can disrupt a fixed ...

Medicare Part B covers opioid treatment programs (OTPs) for opioid use disorder (OUD). The government and an independent, government-approved accrediting body must certify the program. Opioid use ...

On this day 60 years ago, the Medicaid and Medicare programs were signed into law by former President Lyndon B. Johnson. It was July 30, 1965, and both programs were established within the Social ...

Most medical practices do not think Medicare Part B quality reporting programs enhance the quality of patient care, and believe the programs actually negatively affect practice resources, efficiency ...

Insurers have been canceling Medicare Advantage programs for years. Fresno Unified isn't alone in the fight between payers ...

"One of the things we also learned about is that hospitals need other funding to make good use of these additional residency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert Thornton received personalized hospital care for COVID-19 and pneumonia in his Belvidere, Ill., home in 2024 as part of a ...

Congress recently confirmed President Donald Trump's pick, Dr. Mehmet Oz, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Medicare and Medicaid provide healthcare insurance to an ...

Discover the major policies of the 1960s' Great Society, their impact on civil rights, education, healthcare, and how they ...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) created major incentive programs for clinicians and hospitals that adopt electronic health records and achieve certain Meaningful Use (MU) ...