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  As Part of Reform Act Implementation, CMS Revises April Update of ASC Procedures to Which Device Adjustment Policy Applies . . .
  CMS Proposed Rule Would Revise One of ASC Conditions for Medicare Coverage . . .
  CMS Posts Updated Application Determination Reference Document for ASC New Technology Intraocular Lenses . . .
  CMS Instructions Address Reform Law's Provisions on Independent Laboratory Billing for the Technical Component of Certain Physician Pathology Services . . .
  CMS Rescinds Instructions, Issues New Ones on Quarterly Update for ASC Payments . . .
  CMS Releases Updated Files on Medically Unlikely Edits . . .
  CMS Posts Clinical Lab Fee Schedule Files for Quarter Starting in April . . .
  CMS Issues Revised Instructions on ASC Payment Update . . .
  CMS Posts Proposed Information Collections on Part D, ESRD, Other Topics . . .
  CMS Proposed Information Collections Address Intermediate Care Facility Services, EPSDT, Other Topics . . .
  Report of National Academy for State Health Policy Addresses Issues Associated with Electronic Release of Clinical Laboratory Results . . .
  What's the Matter with Kansas? CMS Revises Clinical Lab Fee Schedule to Address State's Locality Structure . . .
  CMS Instructions Call for SNF Consolidated Billing Edit for Certain ASC-Billed Services . . .
  Analysis Finds Medicare Reimbursement May be Insufficient for Infusion Services at Oncology Centers . . .
  CMS Releases Updated Fact Sheet on Payment for ESRD Services . . .
  Private Insurers -- Change in Policy on Billing for Certain Lab Services (Subscription Content) . . .
  CMS Dialysis Instructions Require New Adequacy, Infection, and Vascular Access Reporting as Prelude to Implementation of Quality Incentive Payment Program . . .
  CMS Applies Additional Restrictions on RAC Documentation Requests of Institutional Providers . . .
  CMS Posts Proposed Information Collections on Medicaid/CHIP, ESRD . . .
  Private Insurers -- Reimbursement Change for Multiple Surgeries (Subscription Content) . . .
  CMS Posts Updated Fact Sheet on Payment for ASC Services . . .
  CMS Provides Additional Information on 2010 Clinical Lab Fee Schedule Update . . .
  CMS Posts Proposed Information Collections on Hospital Wage Index, Home Health PPS, Gainsharing, Other Topics . . .
  CMS Releases Updated ESRD Pricer File . . .
  CMS Posts 2010 ASC Files on Modifiers for Certain Device-Related Services . . .
 
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