• 1 Part B Credentialing: Say Goodbye to 2+ Year Credentialing Period

• 2 Part B Payment: CMS Halts Pay for IDET, Other Thermal Intradiscal Procedures

• 3 Consolidated Billing: Find Your Way Through the SNF Billing Maze

• 4 Clip and Save: Overcome Consolidated Billing Troubles With an SNF Contract

• 5 Part B Coding Coach: Pay Attention to Preservatives, Payer on Flu Shots or Risk Denials

• 6 Physician Notes: Obama Expected to Name New CMS Chief in the Coming Days

• 7 In other news ....

• 8 Reader Question: Global Period Drives Choice Between Modifiers 25 and 57