New bill introduced to stop 2.83% Medicare physician pay cut and provide 2% pay bump to stabilize practices and protect patient access to care.

■ Visit Medicare.gov and search for “filing a claim.” The information provided will explain how to submit a claim by downloading form CMS-1490S, Patient Request for Medical Payment. The form has ...

Site-neutral payment policy is a distraction from the underlying causes of high healthcare costs and places providers at risk ...

The bill would mandate nonprofit hospitals charge no more than 200% of the Medicare reimbursement rate or lose nonprofit status.

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Gloria Sachdev, Indiana’s new Secretary of Health and Family Services, applauded the bill, which would require Indiana’s ...

New letters urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand Medicare and Medicaid to include FDA-approved ...

Medicare reimbursement for hospital outpatient services has come under attack in recent years, with a focus on “site neutral” payment policies ...

The Biden administration, in its last full weekday in office, announced the next 15 drugs up for Medicare price negotiation. Blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic is on the list. That means the ...

the idea that Medicare should pay hospitals’ outpatient clinics the same, lower amounts as independent physicians’ offices for the same services. Tens of billions of dollars in hospital ...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today voted to recommend that Congress update Medicare payment rates for hospital inpatient and outpatient services by the current law amount plus 1% for 2026 ...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on Jan. 16 voted to recommend tying next year's Medicare physician payment update to the growth in care costs. The proposal would be a significant step ...