Mehmet Oz is a step closer to being confirmed as the next head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, after the ...

Before the hearing, Oz hadn’t spoken much about pressing health policy issues since he was nominated for the crucial post.

Caps on vaccines and insulin costs for Medicare recipients were instituted under the Inflation Re duction Act of 2022, a federal law approved by Congress. As such, it cannot be repealed with an ...

After you’ve met your deductible, the various parts of Medicare will cover immunotherapy costs. You may be responsible for some out-of-pocket expenses, depending on your type of coverage.

Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage are two different ways to get health care coverage in retirement. Here’s how to ...

Thanks to a federal law passed in 2022, Medicare now covers most vaccines at no cost to enrollees who have Medicare Part D prescription plans or Medicare Advantage drug coverage. Medicare will ...

Medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D) covers all vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). These may include any vaccinations that a person may need ...

Adopting this approach, CMS could make achieving a certain threshold of successful treatment of hypertension the dominant measure for the quality assessment of Medicare Advantage plans, and link that ...