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 Transmittal 178 (Change Request 5402), released on December 8, 2006, rescinds and replaces Transmittal 155, CR 4209, dated August 4, 2006.

Date of Insight Article

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Sunday, November 12, 2006

What you need to know and action needed

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