Clinical diagnostic laboratory tests range from routine chemical measurements like blood glucose or sodium to complex examinations for cancer, infectious diseases, or rare inherited disorders. The ...

Thousands of doctors and other medical professionals have billed Medicare for increasingly complicated and costly treatments over the past decade, adding $11 billion or more to their fees – and ...

According to Medicare, as of January 1, 2014, "ASCs should not report separate line item Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes or charges for items that are packaged into payment for covered ...

Question: Whenever I read about Medicare and insurance products I feel like they are speaking a language I don’t understand. How can I learn this stuff to make a good decision? The language that we ...

Nearly five years have passed since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the first prescription digital therapeutic (PDT), and nearly another dozen have followed. PDTs are defined as ...

A newly proposed amendment to the Senate healthcare reform bill would postpone eliminating Medicare consultation codes that is scheduled for Jan. 1, according to a release from a coalition of the AMA ...

ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DYSIS Medical, Inc. announced today that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued their 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 1 (PFS) that now ...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) uncovered overpayments in 2019 and 2020 for care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare overpaid $22.5 million in 2019 and 2020 for physician services while ...

Medicare was enacted in 1965 after a fierce fight with doctors and the health industry. The same fears of socialized medicine and rationed care were shouted in 1965 as they are today. Fifty-six ...