• 1 E-Prescribing: CMS Is Now Accepting Hardship Exemption Applications to Avoid 2013 E-Prescribing Penalty

• 2 E/M Billing: Hospital Nailed for Billing E/Ms That Should Have Been Included in Procedures

• 3 Medicare Funding: Medicare Projected to Go Broke in 2024, Trustees' Report Says

• 4 Billing: Your Top 3 Secondary Payer Questions Answered

• 5 Part B Coding Coach: Consider This Add-on Advice When Your Doctor Uses Photodynamic Therapy

• 6 Physician Note: Providers Are Appending Modifier KX Willy-Nilly, OIG Says

• 7 In other news

• 8 Imaging: CMS Won't Double-Zing Practices on Imaging Cuts

• 9 Reader Question: Consider Modifier 26 With 76942

• 10 Reader Question: Ensure That Physician Performs Initial Nursing Facility Visit