• 1 PART B AUDITS: Auditors Review Your Notes Based on the Regs As of the Service Date

• 2 DISCARDED DRUGS: CMS: Document Discarded Drugs

• 3 COMPLIANCE: Don't Let Financial Ties to Manufacturers Create Legal Woes for Your Physicians

• 4 BILLING: Has a Broken Payment Agreement Come to Dismissal?

• 5 PART B CODING COACH: 3 Sample Situations Boost Your Migraine Treatment Smarts

• 6 PHYSICIAN NOTES: California-Based HIPAA Violator Sentenced to Jail Time

• 7 In other news ...• The OIG has some words of advice for practices billing claims for $50,000 or more -- double check these services, or subject yourself to scrutiny

• 8 READER QUESTION: Differentiate Between Debridement and Wound Care Management Codes