Medicare boasts of supply bids (The Hill)
Medical equipment suppliers are lining up in droves to take part in a new Medicare competitive-bidding program the industry has sharply criticized for being exclusionary, according to a senior official.

OIG Report Confirms Dangerously Thin Margins For Community Pharmacy (Medical News Today)
The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services released a "Review of the Relationship Between Medicare Part D Payments to Local, Community Pharmacies and the Pharmacies' Drug Acquisition Costs.

Envision OK'd as prescription drug plan for Medicare (BizJournals)
Envision Insurance Co. in El Dorado Hills is the nation's first company to be licensed as a stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan in California, state regulators confirmed Monday.

Senator: Region has worst Medicare crisis (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
After meeting with local doctors on Friday, U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez said Southwest Florida faces the most severe Medicare crisis in the state.