Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also ...

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States need to educate their behavioral health care providers about Medicare’s new role in covering intensive outpatient program services. As of January 1, 2024, Medicare began covering IOP services, ...

It's open enrollment time for the roughly 2.2. million Michiganders who have Medicare, and it's more important than ever to choose wisely when it comes to Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.