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These 4 Medicare Mistakes Could Drain Your Retirement Savings

These aren’t minor fees, either. Here are Medicare mistakes that can threaten your retirement security. With Medicare Part A, the late enrollment penalty can add an additional 10% to your monthly ...
JD SupraOpinion

Keeping watch on Medicare: Drug plans, premiums, and availability under the Inflation Reduction Act

In 2026, there are fewer prescription drug plans in Medicare Part D and higher premiums, even when offset by a ...
MedPage Today

Medicare Rule on Outpatient, Ambulatory Surgical Center Rates Gets Divided Reactions

Hospital groups and patient advocacy organizations clashed over potential benefits and harms of the latest Medicare payment policies and rates for hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical center ...
JD Supra

Update on CMS 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule: Key Takeaways for Pharma

After issuing the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on October 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has now published templates ...

Medicare Telehealth Coverage Whiplash and What It Means for Beneficiaries

This article outlines the evolving rules surrounding Medicare telehealth coverage, highlighting key legislative changes and ...
Health Affairs

Medicare Risk Adjustment Overhaul Raises Critical Questions

In late 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services previewed a significant revision to the risk-adjustment model ...

Medicare Finalizes Reimbursement for Caristo's CaRi-Plaque(TM) Across Hospital and Office Settings

New OPPS and PFS reimbursement rates give hospitals, imaging centers and physicians a unified path to use AI plaque analysis starting 2026 STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Caristo ...
Health AffairsOpinion

Modernizing The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Creating A Separate Conversion Factor For Primary Care

In this piece, we explore reasons for creating a separate conversion factor within the MPFS, initially for advanced primary ...

Integra LifeSciences Welcomes Policy Advancements Supporting Medicare Beneficiary Access

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: IART), a leading global medical technology company, commends the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its Calendar Year 2026 Medicare ...
Becker's Hospital Review

9 health systems: Telehealth replaces, doesn’t add Medicare visits

While virtual care grew 31-fold at nine health systems, total Medicare utilization there rose by just 0.25 visits per beneficiary, the American Telemedicine Association found. In the non-peer-reviewed ...
Healio

Most optometrists to get pay raise under 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Next year’s Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes a 2.5% increase in physician pay, promising a “slight” bump in earnings for most U.S. optometrists, according to a press release from the American ...

CMS Selects Amida as a Finalist in the Crushing Fraud Chili Cook-Off Competition

Amida Technology Solutions, Inc. (Amida), a software services company that solves the most complex challenges in data interoperability, data exchange, data governance, and data security, announced ...