The purpose of the CERT Newsletter is to provide for an exchange of information among the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the CERT Review Contractor (CRC), the CERT Documentation Contractor (CDC), Affiliated Contractors (ACs) and Providers. The newsletter is not intended to set CMS policy or replace CMS directives. The newsletter is published monthly by the CDC.

The June 2008 CERT Newsletter contains the following articles:

• May 2008 Improper Medicare Fee-for-Service Payments Report
  
  
• Natural Disasters and the Loss of Records
  
  
• Submitting Medical Records Electronically on CDs: Another Option for the Provider Community
  
  
• Communicating CERT Review Results to Providers
  
  
• Psychotherapy Notes
  
  
• Small Area Analysis of Medicare Fee-for-Service Improper Part A Payments 2007 Part 1: FI Claims Error Rate

To view or download the June 2008 CERT Newsletter, please select the PDF document below.