Changes to Medicare Part B. Part B covers medical services like doctors' services and outpatient care. Part B is optional, and for 2024, Part B's premium is $174.70 per month.

We'll continue to provide updates to Medicare plan changes as more details are released, but below is what we know to expect to see in 2025. For more, don't miss how to apply for Social Security ...

Medicare and Medicaid recipients with obesity would have access to coverage of pricey GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide (Wegovy) or tirzepatide (Zepbound) under a regulation proposed ...

An elderly man, hospitalized for a heart attack, eats his meal in his room. THIBAUT DURAND/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images What To Know. Medicare telehealth coverage ends on March 31, three months ...

Unfortunately, the congressman is largely correct: Without congressional intervention, most of the telehealth coverage offered by Medicare might be ending soon, and a lot of people could be affected.

The Medicare Advantage final rule is out, and CMS opted to not include coverage of anti-obesity drugs under federal health programs.

Trump administration rejects plan for Medicare to cover weight loss drugs. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been a vocal critic of drugs like Ozempic which he said ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday rejected a Biden administration proposal to expand Medicare coverage of weight-loss drugs such as Eli Lilly's Zepbound and Novo Nordisk's Wegovy.

CMS' TCET program expedites coverage for FDA breakthrough medical devices. A bill is also making its way through Congress that would replace the rule.