Medicare

Alongside the passage of billions of dollars in Medicaid spending reductions over a decade, Oklahoma is also vying for an opportunity available to all 50 states to fund sustainable rural health care initiatives.

As Texas develops its application for federal Rural Health Transformation Program funding, rural hospital leaders say stabilizing their facilities should be a top priority. "Without it, all the planning in the world will not matter because there will be no hospital left to transform," one said.

A new report by Oklahoma’s Division of Government Efficiency lays out several major policy shifts for the state. Ideas include eliminating $157 million of federal health care support, much to the consternation of policy experts and some Republicans.

Officials with Medicare have decided to cover an innovative but extremely expensive cancer treatment, setting the stage for more patients to get it....

Thanks so much to Lisa Hancock of the Area Agency on Aging of the Panhandle for stopping by High Plains Morning today and breaking down the problem with…

High Plains Morning thanks Lisa Hancock from the Area Agency on Aging of the Panhandle for stopping into the studio today to share information about their…

From the Kansas Health Institute:Medicare patients likely won’t notice the difference, but their doctor may have more skin in the game when it comes to…

From the Kansas Health Institute:This week’s announcement that the federal government is proposing Medicare reimbursements for doctors who discuss…

USA TODAY reports that, not only are more Americans becoming eligible for Medicare, they are increasingly sicker than their predecessors. Diagnoses of…

A new report from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services says Kansans on Medicare will save more than $10 million this year on prescription…