• 1 NURSING FACILITY CARE: Prepare Now: One MAC Institutes Pre-Pay Edit for Code 99310

• 2 ICD-9 CODING: Differentiate NOS Versus NEC When Selecting Diagnosis Codes

• 3 INPATIENT CARE: Watch Out for These Hospital Discharge Pitfalls

• 4 HCPCS CODING: Avoid Audit Scrutiny by Billing J Codes Properly

• 5 DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Suppliers Blast OIG For 'Unworkable' Fraud Alert

• 6 YOUR PART B QUESTIONS ANSWERED

• 7 PHYSICIAN NOTES: Medicare Strike Force Nails Physical Therapist Who Helped Overbill Medicare by $2.375 Million

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