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  CMS Instructions Modify Physician Fee Schedule RVUs to Reflect Reform Act, Technical Corrections . . .
  CMS Instructions Call for Systems Edits to Accomodate Reform Law's Reduction in Maximum Period for Submitting Claims . . .
  CMS Instructions Revise Medicare Appeals Amount-in-Controversy Requirements . . .
  CMS Instructions Address Coverage of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services . . .
  CMS Instructions Implement Reform Law Provisions on Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction for Certain Diagnostic Imaging Procesures . . .
  OIG Advisory Opinion Okays Imaging Providers' Plan for Offering Free Insurance Pre-Authorization Services . . .
  House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Posts Statements from Hearing on 3 Health Care Pricing Transparency Bills . . .
  CMS Posts Technical Corrections to 2010 Medicare Final Rule on Physician Payment . . .
  CMS Posts Update on Plans for Staging of 3 Medicare Medical Home Demos . . .
  Updated: CMS Instructions Address Recovery Audit Contractor Requirements . . .
  CMS Releases Interim Final Rule to Implement Reform Law Provisions on Provider/Supplier Enrollment, Ordering, Documentation . . .
  CMS Instructions Address Requirements for Revoking Billing Privileges of Providers, Suppliers . . .
  Grassley Letter Urges OIG to Review State False Claims Acts to Ensure They Reflect Federal Requirements . . .
  CMS Transmits Manual Revisions on Recovery Audit Contractors . . .
  HHS Releases Semiannual Regulatory Agenda . . .
  Medical Specialty Societies Adopt Code Governing Interactions with Drug and Device Companies . . .
  CMS Posts Updated Document on Qualified Registries for 2010 PQRI and ePrescribing Programs . . .
  Letter of 9 Specialty Groups Urges Repeal of Health Reform's IPAB Provisions . . .
  CMS Posts Preliminary SGR Estimate for 2011 . . .
  CMS Instructions Address Reform Law's Provisions on Independent Laboratory Billing for the Technical Component of Certain Physician Pathology Services . . .
  CMS Posts YouTube Video on Recovery Audit Contractors . . .
  MedPAC Posts Transcript of Last Week's Meeting . . .
  CMS Releases Materials from March Meeting of Practicing Physicians Advisory Committee . . .
  MedPAC Releases Contractor's Report on Options for Medical Malpractice Reform . . .
  CMS Releases Updated Files on Medically Unlikely Edits . . .
 
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