• 1 TENET FACES MORE SCRUTINY OF PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIPS

• 2 MEDICARE PAY CUT LOOMING IN 2004

• 3 Dozens of Physician Procedures Slashed in 2004 Fee Schedule

• 4 ELECTRONIC CLAIMS EXCEPTIONS FEW AND FAR BETWEEN

• 5 Top 4 Bases for Liability Under the False claims act

• 6 EVERYONE DISLIKES AWP, BUTDOCS DISLIKE PROPOSED FIXES

• 7 CMS SEEKS COMMENT ON FOUR PAYMENT SCHEMES

• 8 THREE-DAY INPATIENT STAY RULE VEXES SNFs, FEDS

• 9 Medicaid Probe Drives Supplier Out Of Business

• 10 HEALTH CARE EXECS BEWARE

• 11 FEDS SEEK INFO ON BRISTOL-MYERS COMPLIANCE REVIEW

• 12 ONLINE MEDICARE RESOURCES GET A LITTLE LESS COMPLICATED

• 13 M+C benes Spending More, But FFS Benes Spending even More

• 14 PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP