Medicare plans’ administrative costs dropped 4.1% last year, spurred in large part by declines in spending on marketing, new research suggests.

About 30.6 million Americans will obtain their health insurance through exchanges by 2019, according to a new government estimate.

Federal authorities say the 10-year cost estimate for Medicare Part D came in 43% lower than the initial cost estimate of $634 billion.

The majority of retirees on Medicare said they were “very” or “somewhat” satisfied with their Medicare coverage, according to a recent survey.

Medicare earned an estimated 12 additional years of solvency because of federal health reform, the Obama Administration said in a recent report.

A group of investors in a Louisiana-based in-home Medicare health service provider are investigating whether the company’s leadership allowed it to unfairly take advantage of the Medicare reimbursement system.

In the same manner that he encouraged Congressional Democrats to pass health care reform legislation, President Obama is using a loophole to make a recess appointment to head up CMS, …  Read →

A whistleblower’s accusations led federal prosecutors to issue a civil False Claims Act complaint against an Augusta, Ga.-based Medicare provider and its former owner, alleging they submitted fraudulent claims for more than $690,000.

A.M. Best has affirmed the ratings of three insurance subsidiaries of New York-based EmblemHealth Inc.

The League of Women Voters voted June 14 to “strongly advocate” for “an improved Medicare for all,” or a universal health plan.