Medicare

Amid concerns over fairness and access, all 50 states submitted applications with their priorities and potential innovations that CMS hopes will “right-size the health care system.”

On "Florida Matters: Live & Local," Mayhew discussed the plight of DeSoto Memorial, the challenges and benefits remote hospitals present and how mergers with larger systems can be a lifeline.

A federal probe finds plan operators often overstated how many mental health providers were available in their networks. In some cases, providers never had contracts with the plans.

The 2026 enrollment period runs from Wednesday to Dec. 7. Most markets will still have several choices, but options are becoming particularly sparse for shoppers with low-income subsidies.

Insurers will take drug costs, frequency of use and other factors into account as they set premium amounts for the 2026 plan year.

Those charged include 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and other licensed medical professionals for their participation in fraud involving over $14.6 billion in intended loss.

Patient advocates say they frequently hear from people who thought they didn't need for Medicare because they had group health. That delay sometimes forces people to cover medical expenses themselves.

In the federal lawsuit, the insurer claims the HHS and CMS quality ratings didn’t properly take into account disruptions caused by major flooding in 2023 in Broward County.

Changes are coming in 2025 to the federal healh insurance program that covers Americans age 65 and older. Two Medicare experts spoke on "The Florida Roundup" about what to expect.

This week on "The Florida Roundup," we spoke about some of the biggest changes coming to Medicare in 2025, along with how Florida policy-making could influence national politics in the coming years.

Most people taking drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have shed significant pounds. But obesity experts say that roughly 20% of patients — as many as 1 in 5 — may not see robust results with the medications.

Medicare officials defend the use of home visits that often spot medical conditions that are never treated.