Today's biggest news comes from Florida, where The Villages Health System has agreed to pay $541.5 million to settle a case over how it coded patients for Medicare. It is a large sum, and it shows how closely federal officials are watching billing practices.

On the legal front, a federal court turned away a drug industry challenge to Medicare's power to negotiate lower drug prices, letting that program move forward. In California, an Anaheim woman pleaded guilty to a $2.2 million hospice fraud scheme, another reminder to guard your Medicare number.

There was good news too. Missouri's new 'Food is Medicine' law starts Friday, aiming to help people on Medicare and Medicaid afford healthy food. And several states, including Ohio and Kentucky, are building new assisted living and senior housing communities.