Gregg introduces Medicare legislation (Boston Globe)
New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg has introduced legislation designed to help pull Medicare back from the brink of insolvency.

Many say Medicare action too heavy-handed (Smoky Mountain News)
Doctors and officials at Haywood Regional Medical Center are accusing state inspectors of being heavy-handed, draconian, unprecedented, dangerous and unfair by pulling the hospital s Medicare and Medicaid status.

U.S. Joins Surgeon s Suit | Hospital accused of fraud (The State)
A whistle-blowing popular Sumter surgeon has prompted a federal probe into alleged Medicare and Medicaid irregularities at Tuomey regional hospital. In the first court hearing on the matter Wednesday, U.S. Judge Matthew Perry dealt the Sumter hospital two blows. He ruled that a Justice Department-backed lawsuit against Tuomey can proceed and that crucial evidence can be part of the case. That ...