Correction to Attachment: CMS Guidance and Timeline for Contract Year
2017 Contract Consolidations
Guidance for: The purpose of this email is to issue a corrected version of the Service Area Consolidation
Template referenced in the February 18, 2016 HPMS memo, “CMS Guidance and Timeline for
Contract Year 2017 Contract Consolidations.”
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: February 19, 2016
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