• 1 Dozens of Procedures Slashed in 2004 Physician Fee Schedule - 99311, 45385, 99348 Among Hardest Hit

• 2 Billing 93312-93317 As Monitoring Versus Diagnostic - Learn the Difference or Rue Your Reimbursement

• 3 COVERED SERVICES

• 4 Use Counseling to Raise E/M Levels - But Don't Overuse This Technique

• 5 Malignant, Benign Lesions: All the Same to Medicare - New Codes for Home Cardiac Telemetry, ESRD Care

• 6 Malpractice More Important to Your Bottom Line - CMS Ups the Ante

• 7 Minimally Invasive CABG Maximally Noncovered - ButYou Can Bill 33510-33523 for New Techniques

• 8 CMS Issues Final 2003 Pricing Update