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		<title>Taking aim at Medicare fraud with ZPIC audits</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pete Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<title>CMS Medicare Part D Notification deadline is November 15th</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara LaVallee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) mandates that certain entities offering prescription drug coverage, including employer and union group health plan sponsors, disclose to all Medicare eligible individuals with prescription drug coverage if the current health coverage they have is &#8220;creditable.&#8221;  This information is essential to an individual&#8217;s decision whether to enroll in a Medicare Part [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wgains.com&amp;blog=9867145&amp;post=23&amp;subd=wgains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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