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Updates to the Encounter Data System and Risk Adjustment Suite of Systems to Accommodate the New Medicare Card Project

Guidance for this memorandum provides additional details on how the EDS and RASS will transition to the use of Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers.

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

Issue Date: December 22, 2017

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