Postacute care costs are the primary determinant of episode spending around hospitalization. Yet there is little evidence that greater spending on postacute care improves readmission rates or ...

Objective: To determine whether industry payments to cardiologists are associated with Medicare beneficiary spending, as financial incentives may influence clinical deci ...

The federal government said the state should do more to fight fraud and is holding back funds. Minnesota officials say the attack is unfair as the state's fraud rate is well below national averages.

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Aetna Inc., a national insurer incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $117,700,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting or failing to ...

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Purchaser coalition data show accelerating uptake: direct contracts rose from 18.7% (2023) to 27.6% (2025), with an additional 26.7% evaluating adoption over one to three years. Cost pressure remains ...

A new study finds that a landmark federal law is doing what it promised: helping Medicare patients afford their prescriptions.

CMMI has spent more than a decade learning which organizations consistently deliver high-value care. The next step is to let ...

Some social media users misinterpreted the announcement and believed the moratorium was on patients receiving supplies, not ...

For years, extra perks in Medicare Advantage (MA) caught people's attention. Dental care, grocery cards and gym memberships ...

CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, February 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — When, an employee healthcare transitions platform, today announced the launch of Medicare support ...