Las Vegas Review-Journal

Does Medicare cover expensive shots given at doctor’s office?

Dear Toni: I am turning 65 in February, and my individual health plan has a $6,000 deductible, which I meet every year due to shots given in my eyes for macular degeneration. They cost more than ...

Seniors hit with 10 percent Medicare Part B cost increase in 2026

Medicare Part B premiums will rise by about 10 percent in 2026 according to a notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS released a notice laying out the monthly ...
NBC DFW

Medicare, Medicaid agency cuts jobs from minority health office, other divisions, as RFK Jr. guts U.S. health department

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has slashed jobs from its minority health office and other divisions, CNBC has learned, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends the U.S. health department. During ...
Becker's Hospital Review

ProPublica: 1,825 physicians billed Medicare for most expensive office visits 90% of the time in 2015

While government watchdog groups have raised red flags about physicians overbilling Medicare for office visits, the problem changed little from 2012 to 2015, ProPublica reports. Here are six takeaways ...