• 1 Medicare Lowers 2009 New Conversion Factor to $36.0666

• 2 HCPCS: 2009New HCPCS Set Introduces Dori-penem, Other Injection Codes

• 3 2009 Fee Schedule: Emergency Medicine, Infectious Disease Practices Benefit From New Fee Schedule

• 4 Refunds: Tell Florida Payers 'No' for Refunds After A Year

• 5 Sleep Test or Polysomnography? Here's How to Tell the Difference

• 6 Physician Notes: Judge Shoots Down Medicare's Plan to Pay 'Least Costly Alternative' Therapy for COPD

• 7 Reader Question: Obesity May Not Merit the Use of Modifier 22 in All Cases