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| Medicare Part A Coverage | |
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| Entitlement to Part A Hospital Insurance | |
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| Deductibles and Coinsurance | |
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| Inpatient Hospital Services | |
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| Covered Inpatient Hospital Services | |
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| Limitations on Coverage | |
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| Skilled Nursing Facility Services | |
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| Covered SNF Services | |
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| Limitations on Coverage | |
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| Home Health Services | |
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| Conditions of Coverage for Home Health Services | |
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| Covered Home Health Services | |
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| Limitations on Home Health Coverage | |
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| Hospice Services | |
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| Medicare Part B Coverage | |
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| Eligibility, Enrollment, Coverage Period | |
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| Benefits Under the Part B Program | |
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| Beneficiary Cost Sharing | |
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| Medicare Part C Coverage | |
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| Medicare Part D Coverage | |
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| Financing And Administration | |
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| Government Financing | |
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| Administration of the Medicare Program | |
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| Medicare Contractors | |
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| Quality Improvement Organizations | |
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| Quality Improvement Initiatives | |
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| Experiments and Demonstrations | |
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| Private Insurance Health Plans | |
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| Provider Agreements-Conditions Of Participation | |
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| Provider Agreements | |
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| Conditions of Participation Hospitals | |
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| Critical Access Hospitals | |
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| Psychiatric Hospitals | |
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| Skilled Nursing Facilities | |
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| Home Health Agencies | |
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| Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities | |
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| Hospice Programs | |
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| Providers of Outpatient Physical Therapy or Speech Pathology Services | |
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| Laboratories | |
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| Portable X-Ray Service Suppliers | |
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| Organ Procurement Organizations | |
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| End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities | |
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| Rural Health Centers and FQHCs | |
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| Ambulatory Surgical Centers | |
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| Mammography Facilities | |
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| Coverage Determinations And Exclusions | |
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| National and Local Coverage Determinations | |
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| Exclusions from Coverage | |
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| Prospective Payment Systems Inpatient Hospital Pps | |
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| Hospital Outpatient PPS | |
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| Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS | |
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| Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS | |
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| Long-Term Care Hospital PPS | |
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| Psychiatric Hospitals and Units PPS | |
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| End-Stage Renal Disease Program | |
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| Ambulatory Surgical Centers | |
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| Hospice | |
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| Home Health PPS | |
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| Skilled Nursing Facility PPS | |
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| Federally Qualified Health Center PPS | |
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| Other Payment Systems | |
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| Critical Access Hospitals | |
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| Alternative Payment Systems | |
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| Part B Payments | |
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| General Limits and Payment Rules | |
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| Reasonable Charge Payment Method | |
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| Other Payment Rules | |
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| Physician Fee Schedule | |
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| Special Payment Issues | |
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| Facility-Based Physicians | |
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| Other Health Care Practitioners | |
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| Cost Report And Claims Appeals | |
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| Cost Report Appeals | |
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| Claims Appeals | |
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| Determinations and Appeals | |
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| Medicare Claims Appeals | |
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| Judicial Proceedings and Other Legal Processes | |
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| Cost Reports | |
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| Allowable Costs | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Topical Index | |