Farr introduces bill on Medicare payments (The Salinas Californian)
Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, today introduced legislation to fix a flaw in a government formula that artificially represses Medicare reimbursements to doctors in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, as well as several other California counties.

CMS Proposes Reforms Of Compliance Requirements For Medicare Advantage Plans - Provisions Extend To Part D Prescription ... (Medical News Today)
To further safeguard Medicare beneficiaries, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed strengthening its current oversight requirements and penalties for Medicare Advantage plans and Part D prescription drug plans. [click link for full article]

Seniors being pushed into medicare plan (KXMB CBS12 Bismarck)
Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman says seniors are being taken advantage of... So he's starting an investigation into agents pushing the Medicare Advantage plan... In the last few months, the Insurance department has gotten around

Medical Specialties Urge Improved Timeline for Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Program (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine, which has called for a voluntary Medicare quality reporting system to have an effective phase-in period, lauds the introduction of The Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007, S. 1519.