Tucked deep inside the 267-page 2025 Medicare Trustees report is a projection that the standard monthly Medicare Part B ...

Many factors contribute to annual Medicare cost increases, including healthcare inflation and program utilization. Learn more here.

Buried in that report, however, is some potentially disturbing news. Based on the Medicare Trustees' most recent projections, ...

Learn about the benefits that become permanent features of Medicare in 2026 and how they have been changed or updated since ...

But what would make the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment special is that it would mark the fifth consecutive year of at least a ...

With the routine annual changes to Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans, combined with the looming potential passage of sweeping federal spending cuts, 2026 is shaping up to be a turbulent year ...

This is part two of a three-part article on policy issues in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The topics covered include: ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its 2026 Medicare Advantage (MA) Rate Announcement, projecting a 5.06% average increase in payments to MA plans — a ...

As healthcare continues migrating toward outpatient procedures and value-based models, there are a number of federal policies that ASC leaders and physicians are watching and preparing for. Five ASC ...

Medicare and Social Security trust fund depletion dates moved up a few years due to rising costs, a new report says.

The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security’s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have contributed to closer ...