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DecisionHealth — publisher of Part B News, and part of the H3.Group, a SimplifyCompliance business — won four prizes at the 42nd Annual SIPA (Specialized Information Publishers Association) Awards at SIPA's 42nd Annual Conference in Washington, D.C on June 6 — including a First Place for Part B News.

A Staten Island doctor, the latest convict in the Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services kickback case, gets four years and will pay $127,500 after being found guilty of taking bribes to send his bloodwork to the Jersey lab.
Four new CPT Category III codes will be available for use beginning July 1, including a new code for endovenous revascularization and stent placement in the femoral-popliteal artery, two new eye imaging tests and bone density measurement that uses pulse-echo ultrasound.
CMS is considering issuing a national coverage policy that would allow Medicare payment for vagus nerve stimulation for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and is seeking comment about the idea.

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