Learn about the benefits that become permanent features of Medicare in 2026 and how they have been changed or updated since ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement prior authorization requirements for certain traditional ...

Preauthorization will be available to Original Medicare applicants in six states. Here's everything you need to know.

What You Can Do to Prepare for Medicare Changes in 2026 Open enrollment , which lasts from October 7 through December 15 each year, is your opportunity to review your coverage and make changes for ...

Let’s get right to the point: Medicare is not going “broke” and recipients are in no danger of losing their benefits in 2026. Not broke, but not healthy However, that does not mean Medicare ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released on April 4, 2025, the final rule for contract year (CY) 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare ...

Plus, insights from Marcia Mantell. Medicare beneficiaries will see several key changes in 2026 as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continues to implement Inflation Reduction Act (IRA ...

The statutorily required CY 2026 Rate Announcement, formally known as the CY 2026 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies, responded to CMS’s request for ...

Medicare’s trust fund will start running out of money in 2026, two years later than the program’s trustees estimated last year as the trend toward slower spending continues. And here’s a ...