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May 2008 [PDF]
Featured topics: BCBSLA Wins Excellence Award, Company Executive Retires, Medical Cost Reference Guide, Codes Updated, New Blue Distinction Center, Credentialing Policy Reminder, 5 Million Lives Campaign, Imaging Authorizations, Online Personal Health Records, Poll on Electronic Health Records
March 2008 [PDF]
Featured topics: Survey on "Never Events," NPI Deadline, "The Pathway to Covering America," Outpatient Codes, New MS-DRGs, Admission & Certification Forms, New MedSelect Hospital, Hospital Measurement & Improvement Program
January 2008 [PDF]
Featured topics: TRICARE Proposal, Healthcare Facts®, Hospital Measurement & Improvement Program, AICD Medical Policy, New MS-DRGs, 5 Million Lives Campaign
August/September 2007 [PDF]
Featured topics: New MS-DRGs, Sleep Lab Accreditation, Healthcare Facts®, 5 Million Lives Campaign
May/June 2007 [PDF]
Featured topics: Healthcare Facts®, Sleep Labs, Diagnostic Imaging, Blue Distinction Centers, Health Records, Medical Cost Reference Guide
February/March 2007 [PDF]
Featured topics: Blue Distinction Centers, Transparency, Savings Bank, 5 Million Lives Campaign, Clinical Trials Reporting, Health Initiatives, Louisiana 2 Step
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