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Processing Claims Spanning More than Ten Years with Unlimited Occurrence Span Codes (OSCs): Final Completion

This CR is the final CR in a series of four CRs to fully implement system modfications in the Common Working File (CWF) that will allow a claim to span a benefit period over ten years. This CR also instructs the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) and CWF to fully test the process outlined in CR 6777.

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

Issue Date: May 13, 2011

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