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CMS Says Resubmit 2010 Fee Schedule Comments

Plus: Watch out for in-house identity thieves. If you had an opinion regarding the changes in the proposed 2010 Physician Fee Schedule, CMS wants to hear it -- again. Due to a technical glitch, some public comments on the Fee Schedule were not accepted in CMS's system, according to an Aug. 21 CMS announcement. "A minor software problem resulted in the nontransmittal of some public comments from July 26, 2009 through July 30, 2009," the CMS directive indicates. Therefore, if you submitted comments on the proposed fee schedule between those dates, you should resubmit them before the deadline (Aug. 31). To make your comments electronically, visit www.regulations.gov and enter CMS-2009-0058 to comment on the fee schedule. • Here's how one agency acted quickly to protect its client's privacy. If you think your patients' confidential identity information is always safe in your staffers' hands, think again. The Minnesota Department of [...]
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