Explore how Medicare Part D reforms are lowering out-of-pocket costs for cancer treatments, capping expenses at $2,000 and offering payment plans. Here’s how cancer patients on Medicare can save ...

Overview - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has finalized and proposed several significant changes affecting ...

Cancer care costs vary widely across providers, 9 and variation in use of costly treatments is a central driving factor. 10-13 Oncologists are responsive to financial incentives in prescribing cancer ...

As Medicare turns 60, Medscape convened an expert panel to discuss the successes — and shortcomings — of this landmark ...

In 2023 alone, Medicare Advantage plans fully or partially denied 3.2 million prior authorization requests. No one, especially among folks facing the daily drudgery of fighting cancer, ...

Medicare's retail prescription drug benefit plan, Medicare Part D, keeps out-of-pocket costs low for most beneficiaries. But a growing number of enrollees, particularly those battling cancer and ...

“It’s nothing,” Tom, a retired firefighter from rural Texas, thought when he had persistent stomach pain. After shedding 30 pounds in three weeks, his family physician ordered a CT scan. Tom ...

About The Study: In this cohort study, state Medigap guaranteed issue protections were associated with higher rates of switching to traditional Medicare among Medicare Advantage beneficiaries ...

The expansion of Medicare Advantage in rural areas highlights a policy paradox: Despite long-standing efforts by the federal ...

The net effect of these many policies and other Medicare Advantage plan practices is that payments to Medicare Advantage plans exceed by an estimated 20 percent what Medicare would have spent on ...

A study by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found differences in Medicare cancer spending by region did not correlate to survival rates. Researchers examined Medicare spending from ...