While most doctors in the U.S. accept Medicare, they have the option to choose whether to participate in the program, which affects their ability to set their own rates. Doctors who accept Medicare ...

Karin Woofter traveled from her home in Anchorage to Tampa, Florida, in 2020. She stayed with her sister there, but the point of Woofter’s visit wasn’t to see family. She was there to see a primary ...

A nearly 3% Medicare payment cut for physicians is set to take effect in 2025, raising concerns about the potential impact on patient care, particularly in rural and underserved areas. The Centers for ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, both federal and state governments enacted a host of laws and implemented flexibilities to ensure health care providers, hospitals, and health systems could move ...

A few weeks ago, when Vicki Stearn, 68, tried to schedule a virtual visit with her doctor, she was told Medicare — at least temporarily — stopped paying for telehealth appointments when the government ...

Health care providers across the country are canceling telehealth visits with Medicare beneficiaries or warning patients they will have to pay out of pocket for appointments because Congress let ...

Under current rules, Medicare payments for physicians do not adjust with inflation as they do for hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities. This results in a fixed payment structure ...