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  Current HombreWire . . . (in: Health Care & Entitlement Reform)
  NICE Revises Draft Guidance on Use of Dasatinib and Nilotinib for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  NICE Seeks Comments on Preliminary Decision Not to Recommend Everolimus for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  Health Care is Key Focus of Governors' Winter Meeting . . . (in: Medicaid, CHIP, & Low-Income Assistance)
  HHS Releases Audio of February 5 Meeting of HIT Policy Committee's Meaningful Use Workgroup . . . (in: Health Information Technology)
  Medicare Contractors -- Certain Coding Issues (Subscription Content) . . . (in: Codes & Coding)
  Medicare Contractors -- Coverage, Coding, and Payment Issues (Subscription Content) . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  Medicare Contractors -- Certain Requirements Applicable to Physician Ordering of Services (Subscription Content) . . . (in: Physician & Other Professional Services)
  Private Insurers -- 4 Draft Coverage Policies Open to Comment (Subscription Content) . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  Private Insurers -- Revised Precertification Requirements for Radiation Oncology, Other Services (Subscription Content) . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  NICE Opens Second Phase of Stakeholder Topic Solicitation for Quality and Outcomes Framework Project . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  Sebelius Challenges Insurer on Premium Hike of Nearly 40 Percent . . . (in: Insurers, Employers, & Consumers)
  AHRQ Adds 5 Items to Quality Measures Inventory . . . (in: Quality & Pay-for-Performance)
  Current HombreWire . . . (in: Health Care & Entitlement Reform)
  Current HombreWire . . . (in: Health Care & Entitlement Reform)
  CMS Transmits Revised Prescription Drug Benefit Manual Chapter on Subsidies for Premiums, Cost Sharing . . . (in: PDPs & MA Plans)
  CMS Instructions Address Recoupment of Payments for Certain Implanted DME, Prosthetics . . . (in: Sub-Acute Care & DME)
  CMS Instructions Identify New HCPCS Codes That Are/Are Not Subject to CLIA Edits . . . (in: Codes & Coding)
  CMS Instructions Call for SNF Consolidated Billing Edit for Certain ASC-Billed Services . . . (in: Codes & Coding)
  CMS Instructions Correct "Type of Service" Update, Add New Codes . . . (in: Codes & Coding)
  CMS Instructions Call for Edit to Reject Claims for DME Supplied During Certain Skilled Nursing Facility Stays . . . (in: Sub-Acute Care & DME)
  CMS Instructions Implement National Non-Coverage of Outpatient Intravenous Insulin Treatment . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  CMS Instructions Provide for Payments for Servicing and Maintenance of Certain Oxygen Equipment . . . (in: Sub-Acute Care & DME)
  CMS Instructions Provide for Quarterly Update to Correct Coding Initiative Edits . . . (in: Codes & Coding)
  CMS Instructions Address Implementation of Global Payments for Acute Care Episode Demonstration Project . . . (in: Hospital Services)
 
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