Medicare & Medicaid

Vague statement by Joint Committee claims lawmakers are working on a replacement, though no details are released.

If Congress doesn’t act, starting on April 1, physicians who accept Medicare would get a 21.2 percent pay cut.

Medicare is giving bonuses to a majority of hospitals that it graded on quality, but many of those rewards will be wiped out by penalties the government has issued for other shortcomings, federal data show.

Republican asked the state Legislature to continue the private option for Medicaid through the end of 2016 to keep insurance coverage for more than 200,000 low-income residents.

Program costs more than $140 billion, leaders say, but temporary 'doc fix' keeps physicians from serious reimbursement cuts.

Judges to determine whether hospitals, doctors can sue over inequality in reimbursement rates.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has recommended a 3.5 percent increase in the rates paid for inpatient and outpatient hospital procedures in 2016. The group also wants to level the field between what is paid to hospitals and physician offices.

Health system will cut its workforce of 90,500 by 1.7 percent amid some hefty losses incurred in the expansion.

Providers and patient advocates are deeply worried about a case that they say could restrict their ability across the country to seek judicial relief from low Medicaid reimbursement rates.