The Medicare and Medicaid programs cover more than 40% of insured U.S. population. In 2022, taxpayers spent $1.8 trillion on these programs, one-third greater than on private programs. Most academic ...

Groundbreaking research more than a decade ago showed that almost one-fifth of people enrolled in Medicare were being readmitted within 30 days after being discharged from the hospital, harming ...

More than 100,000 individuals may have been impacted by a "data incident" where unauthorized Medicare beneficiary accounts were made using their information. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National Institutes of Health to tap into Medicare and Medicaid data in its search for the root causes of ...

Nearly 1 million Medicare beneficiaries have recently learned that their personal information may have been compromised in a data breach last year. This incident comes on the heels of another incident ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ge Bai is professor of accounting & health policy at Johns Hopkins. While it remains unclear what CMS will ultimately do, lessons ...

A Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services subcontractor experienced a breach that may have exposed Medicare beneficiaries’ banking information, Social Security Numbers and other sensitive data, the ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is looking to improve its data in ways that contribute to a fairer healthcare system, including continuing the development of equity scores and refining ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The personal information of more than 100,000 Medicare recipients may have been compromised in a recent "data incident," the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 14: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters are seen before a protest against the ...