• 1 HCFA Proposes Elimination of Pacemaker Global Surgery Periods

• 2 Three More Proposals Will Affect Cardiologists

• 3 Simple Guidelines to Optimize Cardiac Cath Reimbursement

• 4 New HCPCS Code for Optison Announced

• 5 Case Study: Pacemaker Repositioning Payment Rests on the Op Report

• 6 Reader Question: Cardiac Event Recording

• 7 Reader Question: Stress Echo Billing

• 8 Reader Question: Emergency PTCA

• 9 You Be the Coder: Coding Thoracic and Abdominal Aortograms