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Here's a letter (click here) sent from six healthcare and union groups to President Obama offering support for the administration's goal of $2 trillion in healthcare savings over 10 years. In it you'll find this outline stating how they'll reform healthcare:

Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) released a report detailing options to expand health insurance to those without it. You can read the report here.

You'll have 144 new ICD-9 diagnosis codes to use starting Oct. 1, according to a proposed federal rule. CMS also released 170 new E Codes for external causes of injury set for implementation Oct. 1.

This question recently appeared on CMS's frequently asked questions (FAQs) section, here. And, this is CMS's response:

CMS told me earlier this week that the transcript for its most recent Recovery Audit Contractor audio conference would be posted in a few days. Click here to download the transcript. It's a 64-page .pdf.

Subscribers can read more of our RAC coverage, here.

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