Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Kaiser estimates that the average Part D premium, Medicare's prescription drug plan, will increase from $36 to $41 per month next year.Â (AP file photo/Morry Gash)

Medicare drug plan premiums to shoot up next year

Robert King · October 13, 2015 3:49 pm

The Medicare open enrollment period starts Thursday and runs until Dec. 7.Â Â (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Seniors facing bigger pricetags as Medicare enrollment opens

Robert King · October 12, 2015 7:08 pm

A small provision in Medicare's policy will lead to 15 million Americans facing more than 50 percent increases in their monthly premiums next year.Â (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Medicare premiums to increase for 15 million

Robert King · October 11, 2015 4:01 am

Susan Lynch, a nurse practitioner, checks over a patients electronic medical records, at the Central Florida Family Health Center in Sanford, Fla., Monday, March 2, 2009. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Feds won’t delay electronic records rule

Robert King · October 6, 2015 10:01 pm

An update to the billing codes was long overdue, since the current ICD-9 system has been in place since 1979. (AP photo)

Healthcare billing gets really specific

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 5, 2015 4:01 am

"There really is inadequate oversight and accountability ... the individual facilities have been given wide latitude to implement the policies and procedures, there are not reviews being done," U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told a Senate panel. "It's a real problem that needs attention."Â (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dept. of Oops: $124b in payment errors

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 1, 2015 4:28 pm

House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, smiles as he speaks the committee's ranking member Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., center, and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House panel advances anti-Obamacare package designed to avoid filibuster

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2015 5:37 pm

An analysis from the healthcare research firm Avalere Health found that the 10 most popular Medicare Part D prescription plans would have an average increase of 8 percent next year. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Prescription drug plans jump 8%

Robert King · September 29, 2015 4:01 am

The House Ways and Means Committee will mark up a bill Tuesday doing away with major sections of the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo)

House Republicans try again to repeal Obamacare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 28, 2015 4:13 pm

If a shutdown happens, officials with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are completely unsure of how it will affect efforts to coordinate payments.Â (AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda)

Possible shutdown complicates Medicare overhaul

Robert King · September 24, 2015 7:40 pm

"I want to strengthen the Affordable Care Act because it didn't fix all our problems," Clinton said. (AP)

Clinton unveils plan to lower cost of prescription drugs

Ariel Cohen · September 22, 2015 9:20 pm

Medicare Advantage plans, which cover about 30 percent of all elderly Americans, will cost an average of $32.60 per month next year, 31 cents lower than this year, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (AP file)

Medicare Advantage premiums to get cheaper

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 21, 2015 3:39 pm