House Democrats To Unveil SCHIP Draft Legislation That Includes Changes To Medicare (Medical News Today)
House Democrats on Sunday announced that they will unveil draft legislation within the next several days that would increase SCHIP funding by $50 billion over five years and make revisions to Medicare, the New York Times reports. [click link for full article]

American Kidney Fund Unveils Results from First Large-Scale Survey on Impact of Medicare Part D on Kidney Failure ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Nearly 60 percent of patients with kidney failure have difficulty paying for medications while in the Medicare Part D coverage gap.

Synergy Software Technologies and National Council on Aging Integrate SAMS and BenefitsCheckUp (PRWeb)
Integration allows case managers to screen clients for Medicare Part D (LIS) eligibility. Synergy Software Technologies and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) have announced the integration of SAMS and BenefitsCheckUp. Beginning immediately, SAMS users nationwide may now conduct Medicare Part D (Medicare Low Income Subsidy) intakes within SAMS and then screen the client for eligibility using ...