Medicare open enrollment should operate like normal despite the government shutdown affecting thousands of federal employees.

WASHINGTON — When Medicare starts negotiating drug prices, it will take into account how important a drug is for patients, Meena Seshamani, the director of the Center for Medicare, said Tuesday. “We ...

The directory, intended to help older Americans navigate Medicare Advantage open enrollment, produces conflicting responses about which providers are covered by health plans.

WASHINGTON — A federal rule aiming to make reimbursement for breakthrough devices easier is slated for early summer, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services official said on Thursday. The agency ...

WASHINGTON — Congress and the Trump administration are revamping Medicare to provide extra benefits to people with multiple chronic illnesses, a significant departure from the program’s traditional ...

The CMS is poised to crack down further on health insurers in the Medicare Advantage program, according to new comments from a top agency official. MA plans — which now cover more than half of ...

Harvard’s David Grabowski and Meena Seshamani of CMS discuss Medicare Advanatge efforts at the NIC Spring Conference Wednesday. Credit: Tori Soper DALLAS — Long-term care providers may not have had ...

It's up to Congress to bring Medicare's flawed payment structure in line with economic reality for both doctors and patients.

The government's longtime chief analyst of Medicare costs said yesterday that Bush administration officials threatened to fire him last year if he disclosed to Congress that he believed the ...