ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
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HCFA Changes Name to CMS
Published on Wed Aug 01, 2001
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Question: Should we use advance beneficiary notices (ABNs) in the ED?
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Defibrillation
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HCFA Changes Name to CMS
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), which administers Medicare and Medicaid policy, has been renamed [...]
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