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The Wall Street Journal reported April 7 that stock prices for Medicare Advantage (MA) companies sunk in February in light of federal government plans to make cuts to the program. We've reported extensively on President Obama's intent to cut billions of dollars from MA, which tends to cost 13%-14% more than traditional Medicare.

You will soon find getting paid by Medicare for positron emission tomography (PET) scans easier (see PBN 1/26/09). CMS issued a final national coverage determination (NCD) to expand coverage for PET scans to initial testing for Medicare patients diagnosed with most solid tumor cancers.

Any hopes of a quick and painless confirmation for Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as HHS secretary were dashed on April 2. The Hill, Roll Call and Congressional Quarterly report Sebelius' nomination is being held up by some senators on the Senate Finance Committee.

It's official: CMS is reversing its policy that only providers themselves may use its online PECOS system to enroll in Medicare or update their enrollment information. 

One woman's quest for perfection shows providers need to be on the look out for patients who are willing to break the law in order to receive treatment.

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