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Channeling your inner Spielberg and filming an educational video about preventing the flu can earn you $2,500 from HHS. HHS announced a public service announcement (PSA) contest on its Web site recently. They're urging anyone with a digital video camera to upload on the Internet a 15, 30 or 60 second PSA informing and motivating people to prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu virus, which is more commonly known as the "swine flu."

The battle to pass a comprehensive health reform bill this summer has tightened as conservative and centrist Democrats take issue with its staggering price tag - despite attempts by the White House to grease the skids for reform.

Newsflash: CMS has made a small error. If you downloaded version 15.2 of the National Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits for physicians either yesterday (July 6) or before 10 a.m. EST today, you've got the wrong file.

The next five weeks will be do-or-die for Sen. Max Baucus' (D-Mont.) goal of getting a health reform bill on President Obama's desk by August. As the Senate debate intensifies over the details of health reform, it's important to remember that the health care industry is doing much more than watching from the sidelines.

The country lost nearly half a million jobs in June - about 25% more than economists expected - but you and your peers kept hiring for the 11th straight month, according to a Part B News analysis of the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

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