• 1 Compliance: OIG Urges Physicians to Use 'Heightened Security' When Reassigning Medicare Payments

• 2 Part B Payment: Congress in Apparent Deadlock Over Medicare Cuts, With 27 Percent Cut Looming

• 3 Audits: This MAC Shares the Dirt on 4 Common Audit Types

• 4 Part B Coding Coach: Coding Tips: Splinting or Strapping? These Tips Help You Decide

• 5 Physician Note: CMS Grants 'CLIA-Waived' Status to 13 Additional Lab Tests

• 6 In other news

• 7 Know What Constitutes 'Exceptional' Documentation

• 8 Reader Question: Modifier 78 Signals 'Unplanned' Return