Medco Launches Medicare Part D Initiative to Promote ePrescribing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
As Congress considers a bill that would tie physicians' Medicare payments to their use of ePrescribing technology, Medco Health Solutions, Inc. today announced the launch of a national initiative to assist physicians of Medicare Part D patients in switching from hand-written to electronically generated prescriptions.

Some Large Employers Shift Costs Of Retiree Health Care To Medicare Advantage Plans (Medical News Today)
The Los Angeles Times on Monday examined how state and local government agencies, large not-for-profit organizations, and major corporations across the country are shifting the costs of retiree health care to the federal government through Medicare Advantage plans.

Cigna Profit Up on Medicare Growth (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The health insurer said its fourth-quarter profit rose 13 percent on higher premiums and fees from specialty insurance and Medicare Part D.

Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations To Focus On Certain Nursing Homes, Hospitals, CMS Says (Medical News Today)
CMS last week announced that Medicare quality improvement organizations will focus more of their efforts on nursing homes and hospitals that offer the most likelihood for improvement in selected areas as part of a set of new responsibilities, CQ HealthBeat reports (Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 2/8).