Health Information Compliance Alert
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Published on Mon Apr 14, 2008 
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• Have you confused NCCI, MUE and CERT with one another? If this alphabet soup has you stumped, CMS created a new product for you. The new 16-page document, "Medicare Claim Review Programs: MR, NCCI Edits, MUEs, CERT, and RAC" offers a just-the-facts primer on Medicare's pre- and post-payment claims review systems. Featuring simple descriptions of each program and frequently asked questions (FAQs) on a few of them, you might want to bookmark this page for future reference. The document is available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MCRP_Booklet.pdf.
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