New Medicare Web pages help educate, inform
by Darren Carter, MD
Besides a name change, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS, formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration), has made other important modifications. The Medicare program Web site has a new set of resources to help providers deal with areas of increasing importance in the processing of Medicare claims, medical necessity, and coverage decisions. The Medicare Medical Review Program page (www.hcfa.gov/medicare/mr/) provides a one-stop shop to learn about coverage initiatives, to better understand
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