Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plans are Medicare Advantage plans. They differ in their flexibility around seeking medical care. Medicare provides ...

One option for Medicare Advantage plans is the Health Maintenance Organization Point-of-Service (HMO-POS) plan. This type of plan is similar to an HMO plan but offers different costs and benefits.

As a physician, the last thing I want is for a patient to make decisions about their health and well-being based on the cost of care and medication rather than their actual care needs. Right now is a ...

Health insurer Kaiser Permanente said yesterday that it will drop out of the federal government's Medicare HMO program in the Washington-Baltimore area as of Jan. 1, signaling higher costs for about ...

SAN DIEGO — Thousands of Scripps patients are scrambling to figure out where they'll receive medical care next year after Scripps announced two of its health groups will no longer accept Medicare ...