Organ transplantation was an emerging and uncommon medical treatment when Congress enacted Medicare in 1965 to provide hospital and physician coverage for older Americans. Although surgical trials had…
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On December 24, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that its Medicare Administrative Contractors would withdraw finalized Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) for skin substitute…
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When I reflect on the changes in medicine in the almost 50 years since I graduated from medical school, I list advanced imaging as the most significant. At…
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According to a January KFF poll, more than 80 percent of Americans hold a favorable view of Medicare, the federal program that provides health insurance to individuals aged…
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Pricing and payment for medical care in the United States have always been complex, shaped by a patchwork of competing interests, evolving technologies, and shifting policy landscapes. In…
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As a heat dome settles across the Southwest, the federal government and health departments across the country are emphasizing the importance of safeguarding against the impacts of extreme…
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We trust modern medicine to be evidence-based: grounded in the most current and reliable research available. But sometimes medicine gets it wrong, and clinicians engage in unproven, ineffective,…
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Thirteen years after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented a new framework for reducing improper payments nationwide, the program remains divisive, with proponents pointing to…
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The first half of 2022 saw several encouraging developments in the pharmaceutical sector. In June alone, we learned that all of the rectal cancer patients in clinical study…
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