This one is for my Aunt Harry:

"Medicare payment for end-stage renal disease care may soon be tied to performance and quality measures if a new proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is finalized. "If the rule is finalized, ESRD providers that do not meet set standards" - two measures for anemia management and one for hemodialysis quality - "could have their Medicare payments lowered by up to 2 ..."

This is the latest news as of July 28th.

"Oxford Life Insurance Company?? today announced the release of its new Medicare Supplement product portfolio. The Phoenix-based life insurance company has plans to market Plans A, C or F, and N in more than 35 states."

I'll post more if I find anything else out.

A Lakeland woman is scheduled to plead guilty this afternoon to federal charges she fraudulently billed Medicare for physical therapy services.