Medicare subsidies under fire (Quad-City Times)
Four years ago, barely 5,000 Quad-Citians got Medicare coverage from a private insurance company.

National Heritage Insurance Company Revises PillCam(R) SB Guidelines For California Medicare Patients (Medical News Today)
Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN) today announced that the National Heritage Insurance Company (NHIC), California's Medicare Part B carrier, has revised its existing coverage policy for small bowel capsule endoscopy so that patients will no longer be required to undergo an upper endoscopy (EGD) prior to PillCam SB. NHIC serves approximately 3 million Medicare beneficiaries in California. [click ...