• 1 Medicare: FY 2003 FUNDING FINAL AT LAST

• 2 Hospitals: SCHEDULE SLIPS FOR OUTLIER RULE

• 3 Home Health: HHS LAUNCHES HOME HEALTH QUALITY INITIATIVE

• 4 Home Health: HHAs WANT CMS TO KEEP HANDS OFF ALJs

• 5 Pharmaceuticals: EMPIRE STATE JOINS AWP CRUSADE

• 6 Antitrust: DOJ, FTC REEXAMINE HEALTH CARE ANTITRUST

• 7 ASCs: MULTI-SPECIALTY PRACTICE FOUNDERS WITH ASC PROPOSAL

• 8 Hospitals: JOHNS HOPKINS CAPS OFF PATH PROBE

• 9 Medicare: OIG CONTINUES TO FRET OVER MULTIPLE PROCEDURE CLAIMS

• 10 Credentialing: SHRINK STINKS, PLAN THINKS, DEAL INKED

• 11 Reimbursement: GAO TARGETS NEW AWP PAYMENT HEMORRHAGE

• 12 Medicaid: HHAs PREPARE TO DEFEND MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAMS

• 13 BILL WATCH

• 14 PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP

• 15 REGISTER WATCH