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Medicare & Medicaid

By Kaiser Health News | 11:36 am | March 22, 2017
GOP bill would transform Medicaid from an open-ended system where federal government matches state spending to one with fixed amount for each state.
By Susan Morse | 04:24 pm | March 21, 2017
Rule may be pushed out to Oct. 1, to give new HHS appointees time to review regulations.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:58 pm | March 21, 2017
OIG says Alta Bates Medical Center reported inaccurate information on the wages paid to its workers.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:56 am | March 21, 2017
Meadows' potential role as "Trumpcare" spoiler -- is stirring concern in the White House and Congress.
By Henry Powderly | 09:45 am | March 21, 2017
Fleming, like his new boss HHS Secretary Tom Price, has supported delaying Stage 3 of meaningful use.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:05 pm | March 20, 2017
The bundled payment programs for hip and knee replacements were slated to expand Tuesday.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:09 pm | March 20, 2017
In a newly created Twitter account, Verma pledges to "undo the damage" of the Affordable Care Act.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:24 am | March 20, 2017
States' policies differ about who, what to cover in Medicaid; Republicans' effort to shrink federal Medicaid spending could lock in the differences.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:17 am | March 17, 2017
Texas reduced the rate of unnecessary early delivery by as much as 14 percent, led to increase in the length of pregnancies by nearly a week.
By Susan Morse | 02:10 pm | March 16, 2017
The bipartisan, 17-member commission recommends freezing skilled nursing facility payment rates for two years while the payment system is revised.