Medicare

The Oklahoma Hospital Association's website, MedicareDisadvantaged.org, outlines the differences between Medicare plans during open enrollment, which ends Dec. 7.

Harris used ABC’s The View — a popular daytime television talk show — to unveil a new pledge squarely aimed at women who take care of aging parents as well as their own kids.

The GUIDE Model from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will build on the services OU Health provides in its memory care clinic.

Most Medicare enrollees have two or more chronic conditions, making them eligible for a program that rewards physicians for doing more to manage their care. But not many doctors have joined.

A report from the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general finds a dire shortage of mental health care providers in Medicaid and Medicare, which together serve some 40% of Americans.

A bipartisan Senate bill, dropping Thursday, promises better health care for some of the poorest, sickest Americans, who are known as "duals" because they qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

Medicare pays hospitals about double what it pays other providers for the same services. The hospital lobby is fighting hard to make sure a switch to "site-neutral payments" doesn't become law.

As enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans grows, so do concerns about how well the insurance works, including from those who say they have become trapped in the private plans as their health declines.

Medicare now covers therapy appointments with licensed marriage and family counselors, and licensed professional counselors.

More than half of seniors choose private Medicare Advantage plans instead of traditional Medicare. As rural enrollment increases, many small-town hospitals say that threatens their viability.