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Coordination of Benefits Agreement (COBA) Process for Contractor Financial Staff Notification

hrough this change request, contractors and their
shared systems maintainers shall use the BHT03 (Beginning of Hierarchical Transaction
Reference Identification) segment provided on the COBA ID/Claim Count report that
goes to the contractor financial staff for claims crossover reimbursement reconciliation.

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

Issue Date: September 30, 2005

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