Here is a closer look at the factors driving the proposed rate increase and what it means for patients’ wallets.

Medical emergencies can happen at any time. Knowing what Medicare coverage you have, anywhere in the world, can help you ...

Lawmakers reached a deal to end balance billing, adopting a temporary tiered rate structure that resolves a months-long dispute between the House and Senate ...

Original Medicare has two situations in which someone is asked to sign a Medicare form during a hospital stay.

State Senate leaders declared Wednesday that a compromise was within reach to resolve a long battle over the setting of ...

Schenectady County will be starting an ambulance service operated by Rotterdam Emergency Medical Services to deal with the ...

A final public hearing this week failed to close the wide gap between Senate and House leaders over how much ambulance service companies should be paid for emergency and non-scheduled transfers of ...

For patients receiving dialysis due to End-Stage Renal Disease, Medicare may also cover round trips to the nearest facility that provides renal treatment. Non-emergency ambulance transportation ...

Since an air ambulance can be costly, even with Medicare coverage, a person may consider enrolling in a private ambulance service. This service can assist with any remaining expenses after ...

to the doctor by a health care taxi service or an ambulance. Since the pandemic, this type of care has been approved by her Medicare Advantage HMO. The social worker at my mother’s living ...