Navigating Medicare coverage can feel like trying to solve a particularly challenging puzzle, especially when it comes to hospital stays and skilled care. After all, this senior-focused coverage has ...

CMS has been trying to scale value-based care for decades with mixed results — but the agency’s newly announced ACCESS model could represent a more meaningful step toward aligning payment with ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Medicaid Financing. The featured topic includes analysis, proposals, and commentary that will inform policies on the state and ...

I have been reading your Medicare column, and now I need your Medicare help. I am retiring when I turn 65 in April. I was hospitalized in November of 2025 with a triple bypass surgery. Last week, I ...