Medicare and Medicaid are two separate but related government-funded health insurance programs. They were established in 1965 to provide health insurance coverage for individuals who can’t afford to ...

Federal Medicaid cuts could exact a heavy toll on psychiatric units at hospitals across the country, many of which are ...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) created major incentive programs for clinicians and hospitals that adopt electronic health records and achieve certain Meaningful Use (MU) ...

A recent study found only 10 percent of Medicaid members who smoke — or 830,000 people — received medication to help them quit in 2013, according to NPR. The study, published in the January issue of ...

BOISE, Idaho — This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press. The legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee met Thursday to hear an overview of the program’s costs and the cuts proposed ...