Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. A federal judge on Thursday vacated a Biden-era rule that would have allowed the government to ...

Leading health insurers announced Wednesday that they will scale back their Medicare Advantage offerings next year as the health insurance industry braces for decreases in government reimbursement.

This month, millions of seniors will receive unwelcome news. Their Annual Notice of Change letters — mailed out by the insurers that administer Medicare Part D drug plans — may announce the largest ...

Myles is a former senior insurance editor for Investopedia. He oversaw the strategy and execution of all content aimed at helping people make better insurance decisions. Myles has nearly a decade of ...

More and more Americans are turning to telehealth—seeing a doctor by phone or video instead of going into the office. For years, these virtual visits were covered by insurance just like in-person ...

PHOENIX — Nonstop phone calls are targeting Medicare and Medicaid recipients across Arizona, hoping to trick them into handing over their personal information. The Department of Justice estimates ...

During a regular office visit, one of Dr. Nancy Keating’s patients mentioned that a UnitedHealth Group representative had recently dropped by her home. The sixty-something patient belonged to a ...

The program, called WISeR, aims to reduce wasteful spending and fraud in the Medicare system. Doctors and Democrats have raised concerns that the pre-approval process could delay or deny necessary ...

Despite the growing prevalence and impact of obesity in America, it took Medicare over 40 years to cover bariatric surgery, one of the first treatments for the disease. The decades-long delay in ...

Medicare is a tempting prize for scammers. Because it's a public program funded by taxpayers, it has a huge budget to distribute and that's what attracts scammers. In 2024, improper payments added up ...

The new Medicare initiative would apply to claims for procedures such as steroid injections for pain management, electrical nerve stimulator implants, skin and tissue substitutes, devices for ...

LEHI — Debbie Worthington has set her ring tone to be one of her favorite songs — Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler." But now, it's starting to feel like a broken record. She's been getting call after call ...