• 1 SPENDING: Hospitals Must Bare It All Under New Price Transparency Initiatives

• 2 REIMBURSEMENT: Class III DME Could Lose Out On Payment Update

• 3 AUDITS: Medicare 'Bounty Hunters' To Receive Payment For Reconnaissance

• 4 BUDGET: HHAs Bristle At 2007 Rate Freeze Proposal

• 5 HHAs: PPS Inaccuracy Should Preclude Freeze

• 6 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Medicare Overpaid $110 Million For Part B Drugs

• 7 ONCOLOGY: CMS Reverses Course On Oncology Demonstration

• 8 INDUSTRY NOTES: Court Rules In Favor Of ER 'Balance Billing'