Over the past two decades, the search for relief from back pain led skyrocketing numbers of Americans to a costly procedure that bonds vertebrae together. But as evidence mounted that
Philadelphia hospitals generally bill at higher rates than Pittsburghs when it comes to the most common Medicare inpatient procedures, according to a report from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Two medical equipment supply company owners and an associate were sentenced in federal court in Oakland earlier this week to prison terms for their roles in a $1.6 million Medicare
Office visits are the bread and butter of many physicians’ practices. Medicare pays for more than 200 million of them a year, often to deal with routine problems like colds
Big part of the argument made by enemies of the Affordable Care Act that the Act is hurting Medicare applies to a category of health plan known as Medicare Advantage.
The Obama administration is planning new steps to prevent people in the country illegally from obtaining Medicare after finding that tens of thousands were improperly receiving benefits. In President Obamas
Under health care reform, otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, uninsured Americans will be required to have health insurance by March 31, 2014 or face a tax
A new study finds that the Rochester, N.Y., area has the lowest overall Medicare spending rate in the nation, a feat health officials attribute to aggressive regional planning that keeps
Lee Dorman gets a lot of phone calls from people who want to give him something. Recently, a man called saying he had a new Medicare card with Dorman’s name
