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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released its final decisions on the crosswalks to be used to establish payment rates for new codes on Medicare’s 2010 Part B clinical laboratory fee schedule, effective Jan. 1.

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December 11, 2009 - Table of Contents

NIR December 11, 2009 (Full PDF Issue)

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