• 1 Fraud & Abuse: CMS Devises New Ways To Yank Your Medicare Billing Privileges

• 2 Compliance: Will Your Billing Record Pass Muster On These 6 Factors?

• 3 Regulations: CMS Will Use New Fingerprint Background Checks Under Anti-Fraud Rule

• 4 Fraud & Abuse: Guilty Pleas Continue To Pour In From Nation's Hot Spots

• 5 Enforcement: RN Manager Receives Nearly $4 Million In Whistleblower Case

• 6 Industry Notes: Avoid Hospice Claims Delays With MAC's Drug Reporting Tips

• 7 Industry Notes: Submit ADR Responses Within 45 Days

• 8 Industry Notes: Get New Therapy Reassessment Start Date Right

• 9 Industry Notes: CMS Pushes COP Deadline

• 10 Industry Notes: Hospitals Shed HHAs

• 11 Industry Notes: NQF Mulls New HHA Quality Measure For Endorsement

• 12 Industry Notes: Rehab Facility Chain Buys 5th Largest HH Company

• 13 Industry Notes: HHA Owner Pleads Guilty

• 14 Reader Question: What's Wrong With Mailing Postcards To Patients?