On June 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a long-anticipated interim final rule that will…
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Then there’s a billing tactic worth flagging. GEICO says prescriptions used “generic, vague, non-descript” wording – say, an “LSO Brace.”…
CVS is paying $36.5 million for submitting false claims to the Medi-Cal program for excessive dispensing of insulin pens. A…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s position on…
The rollout marks the second wave of deployments in 2026 after the VA largely paused the project for years to…
As the current federal administration rounded up an increasing number of immigrants, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding more…
The EHR vendor accused SelfRx of retrieving over 100,000 records for financial gain in the high-profile lawsuit. Now, the chronic…
U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pursuing federal government access to most Americans’ medical records, in a quest…
More than 97,000 Connecticut residents will receive letters in the mail starting this week informing them that some or all…
An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months…
When Christine Wood received a $12,000 bill from Bristol Hospital, she thought it must be a mistake. It was more…
The 2025 reconciliation law requires states to condition Medicaid eligibility for adults in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion group and enrollees…
Enough time had passed since the patient’s previous colonoscopy that she met the criteria to undergo another, said Steven Itzkowitz,…