About Craneware Insights

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Craneware Insights Articles communicate important regulatory changes to Medicare Outpatient billing, Chargemaster (CDM) and coding compliance. Craneware analyzes Transmittals and bulletins from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other organizations such as Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) and emails Insights Articles in a focused manner to alert customers to pertinent regulatory changes.

Regulatory News Topic

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CMS Change Request (?CR?) 4058 released November 4, 2005, introduces condition codes 49 and 50. These new codes are to be used on claims where the hospital has received devices or products without cost.

Date of Insight Article

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Friday, November 11, 2005

What you need to know and action needed

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