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  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Master Medicare Guide Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2015-02-25 The 2015 Master Medicare Guide is packed with timely and useful information to help you stay on top of one of the most complex programs administered by the federal government. The 2015 Edition includes: Over 500 explanation summaries for all aspects of the Medicare program coverage, eligibility, reimbursement, fraud and abuse, and administration Highlights of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-93) and the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-185); the most recent physician fee schedule reimbursement fix; A focus on the continuing implementation of the Affordable Care Act as it relates to Medicare, including accountable care organizations and a tighter link between the quality of health care and Medicare reimbursement All discussions include cross-references to relevant laws, regulations, CMS manual sections, administrative and judicial decisions, and more!
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Medicare Hospice Benefits , 1993
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Medicare and Medicaid Guide , 1969
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Master Medicare Guide 2015 Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Health Editorial, 2015-02-25 The 2015 Master Medicare Guide is a one-volume desk reference packed with timely and useful information for providers, attorneys, accountants, and consultants who need to stay on top of one of the most complex programs maintained by the federal government.
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  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Making the Most of Medicare Katy Votava, 2017-04-26 Dr. Katy's Votava's book, Making the Most of Medicare: A Guide for Baby Boomers, takes the confusion out of making Medicare choices. It is full of tips and insider information in an easy to read workbook format. Whether you are facing Medicare choices or are helping a loved one, Dr. Katy reveals how some savvy planning before you enroll in Medicare can have a significant impact on getting needed care without over spending. Even if you are already in Medicare things change rapidly and adjusting plans can bring significant cost savings and decreased hassles. This book, now in its 4th edition, helps you: Avoid paying lifelong Medicare penalties and expensive coverage gaps. Choose Medicare plans that cover specific health care needs at the best possible price and the least aggravation. Limit stress and unnecessary expenses by selecting plans that include your doctors, health services, and medications. Have access to the best medical care for you or a loved one. Save money on prescription drugs. Get your copy today and start saving your time and money!
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Consumer Sourcebook , 2003
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Medical Technology Assessment Directory Institute of Medicine, Council on Health Care Technology, 1988-02-01 For the first time, a single reference identifies medical technology assessment programs. A valuable guide to the field, this directory contains more than 60 profiles of programs that conduct and report on medical technology assessments. Each profile includes a listing of report citations for that program, and all the reports are indexed under major subject headings. Also included is a cross-listing of technology assessment report citations arranged by type of technology headings, brief descriptions of approximately 70 information sources of potential interest to technology assessors, and addresses and descriptions of 70 organizations with memberships, activities, publications, and other functions relevant to the medical technology assessment community.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Medicare coverage of diabetes supplies & services , 2002
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Legal Aspects of Health Care Reimbursement Robert J. Buchanan, Buchanan and Minor, James D. Minor, 2001-02 Legal Aspects of Health Care Reimbursement, written in 1985, presents a historical perspective of reimbursement legislation and regulations with regard to several important aspects of Medicare and Medicaid claims, which have a great potential for fraud and abuse. Focus is on penalties and offenses. Part I deals with Medicare. Several well-documented chapters are dedicated to long-term care, inpatient hospital reimbursement, hospice care, and end-stage renal disease. Part II, deals with Medicaid. In addition to inpatient hospital reimbursement and long-term care, there is an informative expose of abortion and family planning services, to include U.S. Supreme Court cases, legislative restrictions, regulations, and litigation. Each chapter concludes with an Outlook section that suggests ways of containing inequities, limiting costs or improving flawed procedures. This impeccably researched study is valuable reading not only for lawyers and health care administrators, but for all health care professionals. Book jacket.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Guide to Health Insurance for People with Medicare , 1991
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Get What's Yours for Medicare Philip Moeller, 2016-10-04 A coauthor of the New York Times bestselling guide to Social Security Get What’s Yours authors an essential companion to explain Medicare, the nation’s other major benefit for older Americans. Learn how to maximize your health coverage and save money. Social Security provides the bulk of most retirees’ income and Medicare guarantees them affordable health insurance. But few people know what Medicare covers and what it doesn’t, what it costs, and when to sign up. Nor do they understand which parts of Medicare are provided by the government and how these work with private insurance plans—Medicare Advantage, drug insurance, and Medicare supplement insurance. Do you understand Medicare’s parts A, B, C, D? Which Part D drug plan is right and how do you decide? Which is better, Medigap or Medicare Advantage? What do you do if Medicare denies payment for a procedure that your doctor says you need? How do you navigate the appeals process for denied claims? If you’re still working or have a retiree health plan, how do those benefits work with Medicare? Do you know about the annual enrollment period for Medicare, or about lifetime penalties for late enrollment, or any number of other key Medicare rules? Health costs are the biggest unknown expense for older Americans, who are turning sixty-five at the rate of 10,000 a day. Understanding and navigating Medicare is the best way to save health care dollars and use them wisely. In Get What’s Yours for Medicare, retirement expert Philip Moeller explains how to understand all these important choices and make the right decisions for your health and wealth now—and for the future.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Health Care Cost Containment United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging, 1985
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Understanding Health Insurance Michelle a Green, Rowell, 2003-07 Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Professional Billing, 7th edition, utilizes a step-by-step approach to provide instruction about the completion of health insurance claims. The objectives of this edition are to 1) introduce information about major third party payers, 2) provide up-to-date information about federal health care regulations, 3) clarify coding guidelines and provide application exercises for each coding system, 4) introduce reimbursement issues, 5) emphasize the importance of coding for medical necessity, and 6) help users develop the skill to complete claims accurately.. Case studies and review exercises provide users with numerous opportunities to apply knowledge and develop skills in completing CMS-1500 claims accurately. The textbook CD-ROM and accompanying workbook provide additional exercises and practice in completing CMS-1500 claims electronically. Current information is provided on CPT-5 and ICD-10-CM coding systems. The appendices include information about processing the UB-92 (CMS-1450) and dental claims.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Clearinghouse Review , 1974
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office Marilyn Fordney, 2015-11-26 Stay up on the latest in insurance billing and coding with Marilyn Fordney s Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, 14th Edition.Trusted for more than 30 years, this market-leading handbook equips you to succeed as medical insurance specialist in any of today s outpatient settings. Coverage emphasizes the role of the medical insurance specialist in areas such as diagnostic coding, procedural coding, Medicare, HIPAA, and bill collection strategies. As with previous editions, all the plans that are most commonly encountered in clinics and physicians offices are incorporated into the text, as well as icons for different types of payers, lists of key abbreviations, and numerous practice exercises that assist you in accurately filling out claim forms. This new edition also features expanded coverage of ICD-10, electronic medical records, electronic claims submission, and the HIPAA 5010 keeping you one step ahead of the latest practices and protocols of the profession.Key terms are defined and emphasized throughout the text to reinforce understanding of new concepts and terminology.Separate chapter on HIPAA Compliance in Insurance Billing, as well as Compliance Alerts throughout the text highlights important HIPAA compliance issues to ensure readers are compliant with the latest regulations. Emphasis on the business of running a medical office and the importance of the medical insurance specialist details the importance of the medical insurance specialist in the business of the medical office.Increased focus on electronic filing/claims submission prepares readers for the industry-wide transition to electronic claims submission.Separate chapter on documentation in the medical office covers the principles of medical documentation and the rationales for it.Service to Patient features in most chapters offer examples of good customer service.User resources on the Evolve companion website feature performance checklists, self-assessment quizzes, the Student Software Challenge (with cases on different payer types and an interactive CMS-1500 (02-12) form to fill in). NEW! Expanded coverage of ICD-10 prepares users to code ICD-10 with the planned effective date of October 2015.NEW! Added information on the electronic medical record and electronic claims submission including information on the HIPAA 5010 equips users for the transition between paper and electronic methods of medical records and links the CMS-1500 (02-12) form to the electronic submissions process.NEW! SimChart for the Medical Office (SCMO) application activities on the companion Evolve website adds additional functionality to the insurance module on the SCMO roadmap.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications United States. Superintendent of Documents, 1979 February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office - E-Book Marilyn Fordney, 2015-12-08 Stay up on the latest in insurance billing and coding with Marilyn Fordney’s Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, 14th Edition. Trusted for more than 30 years, this market-leading handbook equips you to succeed as medical insurance specialist in any of today’s outpatient settings. Coverage emphasizes the role of the medical insurance specialist in areas such as diagnostic coding, procedural coding, Medicare, HIPAA, and bill collection strategies. As with previous editions, all the plans that are most commonly encountered in clinics and physicians’ offices are incorporated into the text, as well as icons for different types of payers, lists of key abbreviations, and numerous practice exercises that assist you in accurately filling out claim forms. This new edition also features expanded coverage of ICD-10, electronic medical records, electronic claims submission, and the HIPAA 5010 — keeping you one step ahead of the latest practices and protocols of the profession. Key terms are defined and emphasized throughout the text to reinforce understanding of new concepts and terminology. Separate chapter on HIPAA Compliance in Insurance Billing, as well as Compliance Alerts throughout the text highlights important HIPAA compliance issues to ensure readers are compliant with the latest regulations. Emphasis on the business of running a medical office and the importance of the medical insurance specialist details the importance of the medical insurance specialist in the business of the medical office. Increased focus on electronic filing/claims submission prepares readers for the industry-wide transition to electronic claims submission. Separate chapter on documentation in the medical office covers the principles of medical documentation and the rationales for it. Service to Patient features in most chapters offer examples of good customer service. User resources on the Evolve companion website feature performance checklists, self-assessment quizzes, the Student Software Challenge (with cases on different payer types and an interactive CMS-1500 (02-12) form to fill in). NEW! Expanded coverage of ICD-10 prepares users to code ICD-10 with the planned effective date of October 2015. NEW! Added information on the electronic medical record and electronic claims submission — including information on the HIPAA 5010 — equips users for the transition between paper and electronic methods of medical records and links the CMS-1500 (02-12) form to the electronic submissions process. NEW! SimChart for the Medical Office (SCMO) application activities on the companion Evolve website adds additional functionality to the insurance module on the SCMO roadmap.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Take Charge! John Vinton, 1999-06-01 For people over the age of sixty, New York City is a cluttered attic-a mess of valuables that cannot be ignored, but that for the most part remains buried in jargon, agencies, regulations, and eligibility forms. New York City is, after all, a place that offers seniors everything from discount tickets for Broadway shows to social service agencies for those who speak foreign languages including Spanish, Cantonese or Tagalog. It is a place of endless benefits for those who can dig through the junk in the attic, organize what is there and still have the desire to leave the house. Take Charge! The Complete Guide to Senior Living in New York City is the first book to gather, in a single volume, information and advice for people over sixty who want to make the most of the city. Here at last is an all-inclusive guide that addresses every concern for senior New Yorkers, from entertainment and healthcare to housing and taxes. Take Charge! reaches beyond merely listing phone numbers and programs to giving advice on a number of areas, from choosing an HMO, a reverse mortgage, or an elder law attorney, to receiving travel discounts and negotiating home care. Containing everything a person over sixty needs to know to make the most of life in New York City, Take Charge! is the only comprehensive guide available for New York seniors and their families.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: The Physician Employment Contract Handbook Maria K. Todd, 2011-02-28 This book provides sample physician employment contracts and explains how each contract works. It is helpful for physicians and administrators who wish to prepare themselves for the contract and employment decisions that lie ahead of them.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Medicare and Medicaid Guide, Transfer Binder , 1978-02
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Rare Diseases and Orphan Products Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Accelerating Rare Diseases Research and Orphan Product Development, 2011-04-03 Rare diseases collectively affect millions of Americans of all ages, but developing drugs and medical devices to prevent, diagnose, and treat these conditions is challenging. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends implementing an integrated national strategy to promote rare diseases research and product development.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Catastrophic Health Insurance , 1986
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Protecting American Health Care Consumers Eleanor DeArman Kinney, 2002-05-08 Despite the attention to the problem of protecting the health care interests of Americans, there is little consensus on what should be done politically or otherwise to address this problem. In Protecting American Health Care Consumers Eleanor DeArman Kinney, a nationally regarded expert on health policy and law, tackles the serious and ongoing debate among state and federal policymakers, health care providers, third-party payers, and consumers about how to provide procedural justice to patients in the present health care climate. To promote and ensure consumer protection in an increasingly adversarial and complicated health-care culture, Kinney first analyzes the procedures by which consumer concerns are presently discerned and resolved and then explains why these systems are unsatisfactory. She also discusses problematic procedures for making coverage policy and quality standards and proposes reforms in a variety of processes that would enable all consumers, including the uninsured, to influence key policies and standards and also to raise concerns and obtain appropriate remedies. As the first comprehensive treatment of administrative procedures in American health plans and other such institutions, Protecting American Health Care Consumers will be welcomed by state and federal policymakers, managed care executives, and lawyers charged with designing and implementing protections for consumers in public and private health plans.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Guide to the Healthcare Industry Karen L. Pellegrin, 2024-05-08 Healthcare′s advancements are undeniable, but delivering good value remains a challenge. Costs rise while quality improvements lag, leading some to call for removing business from healthcare entirely. This book offers a different perspective, inviting students and professionals to consider the potential of evidence-based business practices to improve healthcare and reduce costs. This engaging guide explores the unique complexities of the healthcare industry, highlighting why it′s ripe for disruption through innovative business solutions. By delving into how traditional models might not fit healthcare perfectly, the book paves the way for understanding how better business practices can unlock the potential for higher quality care at a lower cost.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Health Insurance Today - E-Book Janet I. Beik, 2017-08-05 Learn to comprehend the complexities of health insurance! Using a reader-friendly approach, Health Insurance Today, A Practical Approach, 6th Edition gives you a solid understanding of health insurance, its types and sources, and the ethical and legal issues surrounding it. This new edition incorporates the latest information surrounding ICD-10, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and other timely federal influencers, as it guides you through the important arenas of health insurance such as claims submission methods, the claims process, coding, reimbursement, hospital billing, and more. Plus, with hands-on UB-04 and CMS-1500 (02-12) case studies on Evolve, you will come away with a clear understanding and working knowledge of the latest advances and issues in health insurance. CMS-1500 (02-12) software with case studies gives you hands-on practice filling in a CMS-1500 (02-12) form electronically. What Did You Learn? review questions ensure you understand the material already presented before moving on to the next section. Imagine This! scenarios help you understand how information in the book applies to real-life situations. Stop and Think exercises challenge you to use your critical thinking skills to solve a problem or answer a question. Clear, attainable learning objectives help you focus on the most important information and make chapter content easier to teach. Chapter summaries relate to learning objectives, provide a thorough review of key content, and allow you to quickly find information for further review. Direct, conversational writing style makes reading fun and concepts easier to understand. HIPAA tips emphasize the importance of privacy and following government rules and regulations. NEW! Updated content on the latest advances covers the most current information on Medicare, Electronic Health Records, Version 5010, and much more. NEW! Expanded ICD-10 coverage and removal of all ICD-9 content ensures you stay up-to-date on these significant healthcare system changes. NEW! UB-04 software and case studies gives you hands-on practice filling out electronic UB-04 forms. NEW! UNIQUE! SimChart® for the Medical Office case studies gives you additional real-world practice.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents , 1979
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Finding What Works in Health Care Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, Committee on Standards for Systematic Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness Research, 2011-07-20 Healthcare decision makers in search of reliable information that compares health interventions increasingly turn to systematic reviews for the best summary of the evidence. Systematic reviews identify, select, assess, and synthesize the findings of similar but separate studies, and can help clarify what is known and not known about the potential benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and other healthcare services. Systematic reviews can be helpful for clinicians who want to integrate research findings into their daily practices, for patients to make well-informed choices about their own care, for professional medical societies and other organizations that develop clinical practice guidelines. Too often systematic reviews are of uncertain or poor quality. There are no universally accepted standards for developing systematic reviews leading to variability in how conflicts of interest and biases are handled, how evidence is appraised, and the overall scientific rigor of the process. In Finding What Works in Health Care the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends 21 standards for developing high-quality systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research. The standards address the entire systematic review process from the initial steps of formulating the topic and building the review team to producing a detailed final report that synthesizes what the evidence shows and where knowledge gaps remain. Finding What Works in Health Care also proposes a framework for improving the quality of the science underpinning systematic reviews. This book will serve as a vital resource for both sponsors and producers of systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Medicare for Railroad Workers and Their Families , 1992
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Speech-Language Pathologist's Guide to Home Health Care Roberta Pierce, 1999-12-13 Roberta B. Pierce has worked extensively with patients of all ages and all types of communication disorders for over thirty years. She has experience in an out-patient rehabilitation center, a rehabilitation hospital, an acute care hospital, and private practice. Since 1975, she has contracted to provide speech-language pathology services to home health agencies. She shares this expertise with clinicians just entering the home health field in the Speech-Language Pathologist's Guide to Home Health Care. This book contains reference materials, patient and family counseling and education materials, and treatment activities that are invaluable for working with the adult neurogenic population in all healthcare settings. Content coverage includes: diagnostics; documentation; counseling the patient and family; treatment procedures; and therapy activities.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Special Needs Trust Administration Manual Barbara D. Jackins, 2005 The Special Needs Trust Administration Manual is an invaluable guide for anyone who is managing a Special Needs Trust for a person with disabilities. in guiding trustees through the complicated rules of Special Needs Trusts. In clear and easy to understand language, the authors explain how a trustee can use trust funds to meet the financial needs of a person with disabilities while complying with the complex rules of government benefit programs. The Special Needs Trust Administration Manual covers a multitude of topics, including what trustees need to know about: who wants to know more about disability trusts and public benefits.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Health Law I. Glenn Cohen, Allison K. Hoffman, William M. Sage, 2017 The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Health Law covers the breadth and depth of health law, with contributions from the most eminent scholars in the field. The Handbook paints with broad thematic strokes the major features of American healthcare law and policy, its recent reforms including the Affordable Care Act, its relationship to medical ethics and constitutional principles, how it compares to the experience of other countries, and the legal framework for the patient experience. This Handbook provides valuable content, accessible to readers new to the subject, as well as to those who write, teach, practice, or make policy in health law.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Handbook of Diabetes Medical Nutrition Therapy Margaret A. Powers (RD.), 1996 Provides dietitians and other health care professionals with the information they need to provide comprehensive diabetes care and self-management training. Topics covered include understanding diabetes (pathophysiology, complications of diabetes); setting and achieving management goals (medical nutrition therapy, nutrition assessment, diabetes medications and delivery methods, exercise benefits and guidelines, comprehensive monitoring, blood glucose monitoring, preparing and evaluating diabetes education programs, counseling skills); selecting a nutrition approach (expanding meal-planning approaches, the exchange system, carbohydrate counting, weight reduction, cultural considerations); macronutrient influence on blood glucose and health (complex and simple carbohydrates in diabetes therapy, identifying protein needs, lipid metabolism and choices, issues in prescribing calories, low-calorie sweeteners and fat replacers, fiber metabolism); making food choices; life stages (children and adolescents, pregnancy and diabetes, caring for older persons); and nutrition and specific clinical conditions (renal disease, hypertension, eating disorders, surgery, gastrointestinal issues, dental care, HIV/AIDS); etc.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Publication Catalog of the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare United States. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1979
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Administrative Healthcare Data Craig Dickstein, Renu Gehring, 2014-10 Explains the source and content of administrative healthcare data, which is the product of financial reimbursement for healthcare services. The book integrates the business knowledge of healthcare data with practical and pertinent case studies as shown in SAS Enterprise Guide.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: The Promise of Assistive Technology to Enhance Activity and Work Participation National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services, Committee on the Use of Selected Assistive Products and Technologies in Eliminating or Reducing the Effects of Impairments, 2017-09-01 The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that 56.7 million Americans had some type of disability in 2010, which represents 18.7 percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population included in the 2010 Survey of Income and Program Participation. The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides disability benefits through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. As of December 2015, approximately 11 million individuals were SSDI beneficiaries, and about 8 million were SSI beneficiaries. SSA currently considers assistive devices in the nonmedical and medical areas of its program guidelines. During determinations of substantial gainful activity and income eligibility for SSI benefits, the reasonable cost of items, devices, or services applicants need to enable them to work with their impairment is subtracted from eligible earnings, even if those items or services are used for activities of daily living in addition to work. In addition, SSA considers assistive devices in its medical disability determination process and assessment of work capacity. The Promise of Assistive Technology to Enhance Activity and Work Participation provides an analysis of selected assistive products and technologies, including wheeled and seated mobility devices, upper-extremity prostheses, and products and technologies selected by the committee that pertain to hearing and to communication and speech in adults.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Publication Catalog of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services United States. Department of Health and Human Services,
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Handbook Integrated Care Volker Amelung, Viktoria Stein, Esther Suter, Nicholas Goodwin, Ellen Nolte, Ran Balicer, 2021-07-12 This handbook shares profound insights into the main principles and concepts of integrated care. It offers a multi-disciplinary perspective with a focus on patient orientation, efficiency, and quality by applying widely recognized management approaches to the field of healthcare. The handbook also highlights international best practices and shows how integrated care can work in various health systems. In the majority of health systems around the world, the delivery of healthcare and social care is characterised by fragmentation and complexity. Consequently, much of the recent international discussion in the fields of health policy and health management has focused on the topic of integrated care. “Integrated” acknowledges the complexity of patients’ needs and aims to meet them by taking into account both health and social care aspects. Changing and improving processes in a coordinated way is at the heart of this approach. The second edition offers new chapters on people-centredness, complexity theories and evaluation methods, additional management tools and a wealth of experiences from different countries and localities. It is essential reading both for health policymakers seeking inspiration for legislation and for practitioners involved in the management of public health services who want to learn from good practice.
  blue cross blue shield medicare guide: Health Insurance Today Janet I. Beik, 2013 With an emphasis on preparing and filing claims electronically, Health Insurance Today, 4th Edition features completely updated content on ICD-10 coding, ARRA, HI-TECH, Version 5010, electronic health records, the Health Insurance Reform Act, and more. The friendly writing style and clear learning objectives help you understand and retain important information, with review questions and activities that encourage critical thinking and practical application of key concepts.
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