Going forward, the real issue is whether Congress will adopt bold or timid Medicare payment reforms. Lawmakers could merely tweak Medicare’s complex payment formula, or they could lay the ...

There needs to be a systematic reform that makes Medicare payment rational, predictable and sustainable," Scott said. There are some provisions in the Medicare PFS that provider groups cheered ...

Millions of Medicare Part D enrollees are about to see major relief in their prescription drug costs.

Medicare beneficiaries will see several key changes in 2026 as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continues to implement Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provisions and adjusts various program ...

Needed reforms can be phased in over a period of ... for Health Policy & Economics and is a former vice chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Steve Lieberman is a nonresident senior ...

Physician payment reform has once again worked its way onto ... legislative activity has focused on discrete reforms to the Medicare physician fee schedule that attempt to improve the fee-for ...

We can move toward free market reforms in drug pricing. We must overturn the current perverse incentives that favor the ...

KFF laid out five things to know about site-neutral payment reforms in a June 14 article: 1. Medicare pays more for procedures and services in hospital outpatient departments than ASCs or physician ...

Payments to brokers who enroll people in Medicare plans should be reformed so that no preferential treatment is given for enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) instead of fee-for-service Medicare ...

Today’s Medicare physician payment system is growing more and more unsustainable — putting both physicians and their patients at risk. Despite over a decade of fighting to reform the system ...

TAKEAWAYS FROM POLITICO’S EVENT — Advocates and opponents of policies having Medicare pay the same price for ... The time for reform is now. RAMIFICATIONS OF UK PUBERTY BLOCKER MOVE ...

Medicare Advantage, once a highly innovative and successful health care option providing unique benefit designs for older ...