• 1 CONSULTS: CMS Clarifies-No Shared Visits For Consults

• 2 INFUSION: CMS Eliminates Confusion About Short-Term Infusion

• 3 MODIFIERS: Payers Deny Modifier -25 Claims Unless E/M Is Totally Unrelated

• 4 No Re-Certification Without Practice Improvement

• 5 REIMBURSEMENT: Double-Digit Physician Spending Growth Bad Omen For 2006

• 6 RVU Review Likely To Boost More Codes

• 7 PHYSICIAN PAYMENTS: Fixing 4.3 Percent Cut Shouldn't Raise Premiums, AARP Argues

• 8 Part B Coding Coach: 2 Scenarios Give Your Depression Coding A Lift

• 9 PHYSICIAN NOTES: CMS Will Expand Coverage Of Abarelix For Prostate Cancer