When a person first signs up for Medicare, they may come across many terms and abbreviations. Learning the definitions of these terms can help make it easier to understand and navigate Medicare.

The U.S. CMS has confirmed that it will cover renal denervation as a treatment for hypertension in a final coverage memo that ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the final National Coverage Determination (NCD) on renal de ...

Company reaffirms its commitment to patient access, clinical excellence, and responsible reimbursement reform under the new CMS framework.

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 has brought new urgency to defining the phrase “unmet medical need,” or UMN. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will consider the extent to ...

The Biden administration is removing two forms providers need to fill out to get reimbursement for certain durable medical equipment in an effort to ease administrative burden. The Centers for ...

National Medicare coverage paves the way for a larger patient population to access the blood pressure treatment, which gained ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads.” Articles in this topic will offer timely analysis of regulatory, legislative, and judicial ...

If you have a bacterial infection, you need to take antibiotics. If health care providers need to determine that you have a broken bone, you’ll need to have an X-ray. Those are some examples of ...

Some Medicare Advantage (MA) plans do not intend to abide by the 2024 CMS rule that prohibits them from denying coverage of services that traditional Medicare would cover. Instead, the private plans ...