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.

Infocrossing Introduces Rapid Implementation Process for Medicare Plans (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LEONIA, N.J.----Infocrossing, Inc. , a provider of selective IT infrastructure, enterprise application and business process outsourcing services, announced today the introduction of its new Rapid Implementation Process for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans.

Capps introduces legislation to adjust Medicare reimbursement rates locally (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) introduced legislation Thursday with seven other California lawmakers that would adjust Medicare reimbursement rates for counties such as Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo so that they more accurately reflect the actual cost of practicing medicine in those counties.