Medicare Part B 2026 increase is the second largest ever in dollar terms. It'll likely eat a big chunk of the Social Security ...

Legal analysis: The official Medicare website is confusing beneficiaries who were worried about losing telehealth access on April 1. Legally Speaking, they're getting a reprieve from a change in ...

WASHINGTON — When Medicare starts negotiating drug prices, it will take into account how important a drug is for patients, Meena Seshamani, the director of the Center for Medicare, said Tuesday. “We ...

The cost for Medicare Part B premiums will rise about 10% in 2026, wiping away about one-third of the Social Security cost-of ...

CMS Principal Deputy Administrator Jonathan Blum will step down next month, according to a Reuters report. CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced Mr. Blum’s resignation, effective May 16, in an ...

Your recent article on Medicare’s prescription drug benefit (“Seniors dealing with Medicare Part D options,” Nov. 7) missed an important fact. Thousands of Pennsylvania seniors are eligible for PACE ...

The CMS is poised to crack down further on health insurers in the Medicare Advantage program, according to new comments from a top agency official. MA plans — which now cover more than half of ...

Harvard’s David Grabowski and Meena Seshamani of CMS discuss Medicare Advanatge efforts at the NIC Spring Conference Wednesday. Credit: Tori Soper DALLAS — Long-term care providers may not have had ...

Parts of the Medicare Advantage program — essentially, private Medicare plan options — are ripe for reform, former and current top Medicare officials said Wednesday. One of the most abused areas is ...

The Medicare program's chief actuary told lawmakers yesterday he gave analyses last June to the White House and the president's budget office -- which were not shared with Congress -- predicting that ...