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Claims Submitted for Items or Services Furnished to Medicare Beneficiaries in State or Local Custody Under a Penal Authority and Examples of Application of Government Entity Exclusion. This CR rescinds and fully replaces CR 6544.

This CR is updating billing instructions and claims processing requirements
to fully implement the policy outlined in CR 6544, Transmittal 1812, issued September 4, 2009. Updates are
made only on the Pub. 100-04 Transmittal. No changes were made on the Pub. 100-02 Transmittal (it is the
same version as previously communicated in CR 6544, Transmittal 110, issued on September 4, 2009).

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Final

Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: April 09, 2010

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