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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The 2009 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule was published in the November 18 Federal Register. This is the ninth in a series of articles that will summarize some of the coding and billing changes for 2009. This article highlights the new 2009 cardiac device monitoring codes.

Date of Insight Article

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Sunday, October 12, 2008

What you need to know and action needed

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