There's some good news on that front: Certain government agencies operate on a permanent funding basis and should continue to operate pretty much as they always do, even during a protracted shutdown.

CLEVELAND — 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 ...

Dear Readers: At one time I carried Medicare cards for four elders, and every time there was a question about their coverage, I had to make a time-consuming phone call. To add to the fun, my mom had ...

During the open enrollment period, it is extremely important that Medicare beneficiaries review their prescription coverage ...

Open enrollment runs through Dec. 7. Learn about new prescription drug caps and resources to compare plans in Oregon.

As open enrollment begins, health officials are working to address technical issues in the Medicare Plan Finder ...

A July 8 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of someone talking in Spanish to the camera while walking in a park. It includes a voiceover that doesn't synchronize with the person ...

Adopting site neutral payment policies for Medicare would yield savings for the program, for private insurance premiums and for enrollees' out-of-pocket costs, which would total about $471 billion ...

A Medicare website that compares ratings of hospitals nationwide shows Medical Center Hospital comes up short compared to local competitors Odessa Regional Medical Center and Midland Memorial Hospital ...

Some leaders have become increasingly frustrated with hospital outpatient department reimbursements far outpacing ASCs, but there are efforts at the federal level to move toward site-neutral payments.

A person’s Medicare number can be found on their Medicare card or on the Medicare or Social Security websites. Some other documents may also contain it. The Medicare number is a unique 11-character ...

As if to prove that every rule has an exception, the usually dysfunctional Republican-majority House of Representatives has at least one sensible piece of bipartisan legislation on its record: In ...