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 1615 (CR 6223) released October 17, 2008, provides information on expanded coverage for the Initial Preventive Physical Examination, or IPPE.

Date of Insight Article

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Sunday, May 11, 2008

What you need to know and action needed

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