The Latest Breaking News from Medicare

WASHINGTON — Two key senators on Wednesday released a widely anticipated bill aimed at lowering insulin prices and capping monthly copays under commercial and Medicare insurance plans.

The bill would cap insulin copays at the lesser of $35 or 25 percent of the list price per month in commercial and Medicare Part D plans.

TPG Capital, private equity, has agreed to acquire Convey Health Solutions Holdings Inc (NYSE:CNVY) for $10.50 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of approximately $1.1 billion. The purchase price represents approximately 99% over Convey's 30-day volume-weighted average price per share as of June 17 and a premium of approximately 143% to…

The Supreme Court decides in favor of an insurer in a case focused on reimbursement rates for kidney dialysis.

The federal government is undervaluing general practices around the country, according to a doctor who says cost pressures are pushing patients to hospital emergency departments.

Sometimes good news comes with a cloudy lining.

MEXICO, Missouri — When the new corporate owners of two rural hospitals suddenly announced they would stop admitting patients one Friday in March, Kayla Schudel, a nurse, stood resolute in the nearly empty lobby of Audrain Community Hospital: “You’ll be seen; the ER is open.”

PHILADELPHIA — The last time Medicare rated hospitals on surgical complications such as bed sores, collapsed lungs, bloodstream infections, and broken hips, four Philadelphia-area facilities scored worse than average.

Progressive policies that help the working class are wildly popular with voters. Why are we letting Republicans and corporate Democrats dictate our agenda?

A new study by University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators found that patients with diabetes who participate in a free Annual Wellness Visit covered by Medicare are 36 per cent less likely to need an amputation. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid on direct care for residents and limit the amount that is used for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements or diverted to profits.