Cancer patients covered only by Medicare face problems in getting chemotherapy (Muskogee Phoenix)
Federal Medicare cutbacks have put some cancer patients in a tough spot, said the chief executive officer at Oklahoma Oncology. Ken Butcher said Medicare-only patients seeking treatment at Muskogee Regional Cancer Center may have problems if they need chemotherapy.

137 In Congress Send Letters To CMS On Medicare Bidding Concerns - AAHomecare (Medical News Today)
Tuesday, bipartisan groups of 120 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 17 U.S. Senators sent letters to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) raising concerns about the impact of a new Medicare competitive bidding program on small durable medical equipment (DME) providers.

Medicare Announces Expanded Coverage for Anticoagulation Patients, Opening the Door for More Patients to Test PT/INR ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Medicare Part B will now cover and pay for meter training, equipment and supplies for all long-term warfarin users who monitor their own PT/INR results at home with portable meters, such as the CoaguChek XS System for Patient Self-Testing.

Health Calendar (Contra Costa Times)
national alliance on mental illnessNAMI EastBay presents Harry Gin, from Alameda County, who will speak on LPS conservatorship laws in California. Also, Rebecca Bianchi will discuss the Medicare Part D doughnut hole quandary at 7:30 p.