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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 6258 (Transmittal 55), released November 7, 2008, announces the 2009 Medicare deductible and coinsurance rates.

Date of Insight Article

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

What you need to know and action needed

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