For many years, people became eligible for Medicare and Social Security at the same time — age 65. But in the 1980s, Congress passed a law to gradually raise the full retirement age for Social ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule and the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and ...

The different parts of Medicare cover cancer treatments, medications, and some types of cancer screening. However, a person will still be responsible for some of the cost, and the total out-of ...

Original Medicare does not cover routine dental care or oral surgery for the general health of the teeth. However, Medicare may approve coverage for oral surgery in special cases. Although ...

Medicare Advantage plans are Medicare plans sold by private insurance companies. They cover all Original Medicare services, and most offer prescription drug, dental, vision, hearing, and other ...

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The Medicare Part D cap limits the amount you need to pay for prescription medications across the year. “Once you’ve paid this out in the form of copayments, coinsurance or deductibles ...

More mental health providers will be permitted to serve Medicare enrollees. Telehealth services are more restricted, and other changes could be in store. Medicare is big business, recently ...

Share full article The Payment Management Services portal had a red banner on it Tuesday afternoon warning state Medicaid offices of payment delays related to President Trump’s executive orders.

Federal Medicaid assistance is distributed on a daily basis in the form of grants to states and totaled $618 billion in the fiscal year ended on Sept. 30, 2024 - roughly $2.5 billion per business day.