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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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The 2008 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule was published in the November 27, 2007 issue of the Federal Register. The rule takes effect on January 1, 2008. This is the twelfth in a series of articles that provides a summary of the changes for hospital coding for visits.

Date of Insight Article

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Monday, March 12, 2007

What you need to know and action needed

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