While most doctors in the U.S. accept Medicare, they have the option to choose whether to participate in the program, which affects their ability to set their own rates. Doctors who accept Medicare ...

Participation in Medicare ordinarily requires physicians and practitioners to submit claims on behalf of beneficiaries and comply with statutory charge limits. However, Section 1802 of the Social ...

Medicare, the federal health insurance program designed to cover people age 65 and older (and some younger individuals with qualifying disabilities), provides health insurance for many American ...

Despite CMS’ most recently proposed boost to physician payments, years of reimbursement declines have pushed some physicians to stop accepting Medicare patients entirely. Health policy research group ...

If a doctor does not accept Original Medicare, a person can face higher costs. To avoid this, they may switch to a doctor who does or to a Medicare Advantage plan that includes the doctor in its ...

While Congress hems and haws over how it will handle the 21.2 percent (and growing) Medicare physician fee cut, physicians who are fed up with Congress’ yearly drama over payments have a chance to opt ...

CHICAGO -- Should the American Medical Association (AMA) be advising its members on how they can stop accepting Medicare insurance and still stay in business? Members of the AMA House of Delegates ...