Medicare

Patients looking for hospice care can now get help from Medicare’s website. The agency’s new Hospice Compare site allows patients to evaluate hospice providers according to several criteria.

The announcement of the 2018 Medicare premium is good news for some beneficiaries and bad news for many others. ...

Online bill paying has become a popular way to make paying bills easier, and now you can pay your Medicare premiums online too. ...

Many health care providers are still not aware that Medicare is required to cover skilled nursing and home care even if a patient is not showing improvement.

Medicare-eligible Americans who are signed up for Medicare Part B as part of Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) can take advantage of a wide range of preventive services that include fully and partially covered screenings, vaccinations, and...

Medicare is offering relief from penalties for certain Medicare beneficiaries who enrolled in Medicare Part A and had coverage through the individual marketplace. ...

Medicare benefits start at age 65, but many people continue working past that age, either by choice or need. It is important to understand how Medicare and employer coverage work together.

For this reason, Medicare imposes fairly significant late-enrollment penalties for those who postpone signing up.  To encourage everyone to sign up when they first become eligible, the program increases premiums based on how long a beneficiary waits to enroll.  ...

The nation's elderly and disabled Social Security recipients will receive a 1.5 percent increase in payments in 2014 . . . ...