• 1 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: A Dream Deferred- Regional PPO Plans Face Obstacles

• 2 HOSPITALS: Ambulance Services Added To Billing Duties

• 3 PHYSICIANS: CMS Pushes Self-Referral Ban For PET Scans

• 4 PHYSICIANS: Medicare Offering Exemption Waivers

• 5 PHYSICIANS: Brakes Applied To Drug Bidding Program

• 6 REHAB: Live Appeals Hearings Headed Toward Extinction

• 7 REHAB: Rule Reduces IRF Outlier Thresholds

• 8 LONG-TERM CARE: Providers Get Ready: New Pay System Starting Soon

• 9 LONG-TERM CARE: Hello QIO? Providers Can Profit From A Call

• 10 ENFORCEMENT WATCH: Bad Consultants Are The Clinic's Problem, Too

• 11 PHARMACEUTICALS: Ad Rules: Drug Makers Doing It For Themselves

• 12 BILL WATCH