Lower Medicare Part D Costs Than Expected In 2009, USA (Medical News Today)
As Medicare's Part D prescription drug program enters its fourth year, beneficiary satisfaction rates remain high, program costs remain lower than originally expected, and Medicare prescription drug plan bids reflect nationwide drug price trends, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced.

Medicare, insurance workshop set at Johnston Library (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)
The Johnston Public Library, 6700 Merle Hay Road, will host an informational program about Medicare from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sept. 13. The seminar is being given by representatives from the Senior Health Insurance Information Program and will focus on Medicare parts A&B and Part D drug benefits.

Help available with Medicare Part D (The Gazette)
CEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; Iowans on Medicare with Part D drug coverage are starting to reach the "doughnut hole," the point where Medicare drug plans stop paying benefits or have a gap in coverage. "We're starting to get calls from Iowans who have hit the gap and need help paying for their prescriptions," said Kris Gross of Iowa's Senior Health Insurance Information Program. The gap is reached when ...

NaviMedix Partners with POC Network Technologies to Enable More Than 600,000 Providers to Submit Medicare Part D ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----NaviMedix, the leading innovator in automating healthcare provider communications, broadens its portfolio by offering POC Network Technologies Medicare Part D services via the NaviNet Network.