On August 25, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released performance results for the eighth performance year (2020) of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The results for ...

Medicare's largest alternative payment model produced its highest annual savings to date in 2020, as shown by performance data released this week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The ...

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicare spending on lab tests increased overall, despite spending for non-COVID-19 tests falling for the first time since 2016, according to the Office of the ...

I know there will be a small cost-of-­living increase in Social Security benefits next year, but what about Medicare? What will the Medicare Part B monthly premiums be in 2021, and when do the ...

A new report from the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that about 4 in 10 Medicare patients in nursing homes likely contracted COVID-19 in 2020. "We knew ...

Millions of Americans have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, and more than 575,000 had died as of early May 2021. Understanding who are the most vulnerable populations for COVID-19 mortality and excess ...