• 1 PART B MYTHBUSTER: Proceed With Caution When Device Maker Offers to Appeal for You

• 2 REGULATORY NEWS: Hospices Reel at Proposed 5 Percent Wage Index Cut

• 3 PART B COVERAGE UPDATE: Medicare Won't Cover DNA Stool Tests to Screen for Cancer--Stick to FOBT Instead

• 4 ICD-9 CODING: 2 Scenarios Help You Find the Right ICD-9 Code When the Physician Doesn't Provide It

• 5 Part B Coding Coach: Use Instrumentation, Depth to Decide Laceration Repair Level-Here's How

• 6 PHYSICIAN NOTES: CMS Updates Incident-to Regs--NPPs Take Note

• 7 READER QUESTION: Don't Report Inpatient Hospital Care When Physician Admits Patient to Observation