ANSWER: I think there’s a misunderstanding here between a regular checkup (sometimes called a “physical”) and an “annual ...

Automated Payment Plans: Healthcare providers can offer automatic payment plans as an alternative to allowing unpaid invoices ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has been asked to investigate the closures of two Trumbull County hospitals in March. Among the issues: Medicare and Medicaid billing practices and the possible misuse ...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department is investigating UnitedHealth Group for potential criminal fraud in its Medicare ...

From scientific breakthroughs and emerging diseases to payment reform and new technologies, healthcare is always evolving. Hospitals across a variety of settings share many of the same challenges ...

Medicare beneficiaries, especially patients with frailty and those discharged to skilled nursing facilities after ...

I am concerned because my mother lives in an assisted living facility and her primary care doctor uses ... who can accept her as a patient. Is this something that Medicare or her Medicare ...

Now that Dr. Mehmet Oz is in place to lead the Centers for Medicare and ... coverage that prevent patients—especially seniors—from accessing vital preventative care such as genetic testing ...

As health scholars at the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the Bipartisan Policy Center, we ...

The best time to think about your parents' Medicare is when they're healthy. Medical care ... issues or payment problems, they can authorize you to handle only those matters. The patient can ...

AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services information collection request regarding the Medicare Transaction Facilitator (MTF) under the Medicare drug negotiation program.