• 1 REIMBURSEMENT: Know 'Hot Buttons' Before You Press Them

• 2 CODING: If You're Downcoding on Purpose, You're Burning Cash

• 3 Congress Pays for SARS, Smallpox

• 4 COVERAGE: PET Scans Now Covered for Thyroid Cancer and Cardiac Diseases

• 5 COVERAGE: Don't Leap Past Basic Exams to Expensive Test

• 6 TEACHING HOSPITALS: Doctor Pays Fine for Wandering off PATH

• 7 DIAGNOSIS CODING: CMN Doesn't Need to Justify Diagnosis Code, CMS Says

• 8 FRAUD & ABUSE: Physician Deals With Hospitals Are Under Scrutiny

• 9 CODING: Don't Let the Bell Curve Fool You

• 10 HIPAA: Lawsuit Aims to Slow HIPAA Juggernaut

• 11 CODING: New Codes Mean Changes for Billing Surgical Dressings, Defibrillators

• 12 INFUSION: At Your Service, IV Providers Tell Medicare

• 13 MODIFIERS: Your Billing May Revolve Around Global Periods

• 14 COMPLIANCE: Considering E-Mail Consultations? Read This First

• 15 MEDICAL REVIEW: Bring Medical Review Into Greater Focus

• 16 FRAUD & ABUSE: OIG Heats Up Griddle the Carriers Make You Dance On

• 17 DRUG REIMBURSEMENT: CMS Invites Least Costly Alternative for Drugs

• 18 PHYSICIAN NOTES: CDC Sees HIV as Fertile Ground for Prevention

• 19 ENROLLMENT: Providers, Suppliers Face New Enrollment Standards