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Warning Letters Read-Me File (Version 1.0)
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The Warning Letters Report consists of the following files:

- Warning Letters Read-Me File.txt
- Warning Letters Overview.PDF
- Warning Letters Summary Report.PDF
- Warning Letters Summary Report.HTML
- Warning Letters Attachment.ZIP

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Warning Letters Read-Me File.txt
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This file contains more technical details regarding the Warning Letters reporting 
process.  This includes the files available for download, report column header 
descriptions and definitions, and the technical specifications for the report.

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Warning Letters Overview.PDF
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This file contains information regarding CMS  interaction with organizations 
involved in Medicare.  Furthermore, CMS  audit methods are discussed.

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Warning Letters Summary Report.PDF
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This file is a report containing Warning Letters information from the Compliance 
Activity Module at the time the report is generated. The file contains the
following columns:

- Contract ID(s) and Names 
  All of the contract IDs and corresponding contract names assigned to each 
  Warning Letters are included in this column.  
- Parent Organization Name
  The parent organizations to which the contract(s) assigned to the Warning Letters 
  belong are included in this column. 
- Organization Contact Name
  The name of the plan contact is included in this column.
- Organization Contact Phone
  The corresponding phone number for the plan contact is included in this column.
- Compliance Issue ID
  The unique compliance issue ID assigned to each Warning Letters is included in this 
  column. 
- Date Letter Sent 
  The date that the compliance letter for each Warning Letters was issued is included
  in this column. 
- Issue Type 
  The type of underlying issue which prompted the Warning Letters is included in this 
  column.
- Issue Topic
  The topics of the underlying issue which prompted the Warning Letters are included in 
  this column.
- Issue Summary
  A summary explanation of the underlying issue is included in this column.
- Letter Name
  The name of the letter that corresponds to each Warning Letters, as captured in the 
  Attachments.ZIP, is included in this column. 

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Warning Letters Summary Report.HTML
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This file is a Section 508 compliant alternative to the Warning Letters Summary Report PDF version.
 
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Warning Letters Attachment.ZIP
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This file includes all of the Warning Letters letters, referenced in the Letter 
Name column of the Warning Letters Summary Report.  

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Warning Letters Summary Report Technical Specifications
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All Warning LettersS included in the report have a Report Issued Date greater 
than or equal to 1/1/2012. 

The data in the report is sorted descending by Date Letter Sent.

Compliance Issue IDs followed by an asterisk (*) indicate that all contracts 
assigned to the issue have been terminated as of the report generation date.
