Dear ABC Code Set Registrant:

1.) Value added Promotional Offers extended!
2.) Soft-cover ABC Coding Manual for Integrative Healthcare will ship the week of February 7, 2005.
3.) UPDATE: The Deputy Director of the Office of HIPAA Standards at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) writes about the government’s review of ABC codes under HIPAA.

1. Due to overwhelming response, Alternative Link has extended value-added Promotional Offers for the 2005 ABC Coding Manual for Integrative Healthcare as well as the ABC Codes and Terminology 2005, ASCII Data File on CD-ROM. When purchased separately, these products retail for $79.95 and $49.95 respectively, UNTIL FEBRUARY 15th, you may receive BOTH products for only $96.38. That's a total savings of nearly 28%! Upon checkout, your credit card will be charged $96.38 plus shipping & handling, and your new 2005 ASCII Data File will be shipped immediately.

For the promotional offer that includes the ASCII Data File with the soft-cover Coding Manual click here. For the promotional offer that includes the Coding Manual on CD-ROM click here. For your discount to be applied – you must use the discount code “ABCCODE” at checkout.

2. For those of you who have already placed your orders for the 2005 ABC Coding Manual for Integrative Healthcare, shipment is scheduled for the week of February 7th, 2005. The team at Alternative Link is thrilled with your enthusiasm over receiving this year’s exciting new Coding Manual that contains over 300 new ABC codes. Thank you for your patience. Our team is confident that the changes, updates and improvements will be well worth the wait. If you have any questions regarding the ABC Coding Manual for Integrative Healthcare, please click here.

3. UPDATE: On January 11, 2005, the Deputy Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of HIPAA Standards (CMS) wrote the following message to Alternative Link:

“Thank you for your letter to Leslie Norwalk dated December 14, 2004. We are in receipt of your report and your requests. We appreciate your enclosing a list of codes by category and the sample of the 2005 codes. At this point we do not require any additional information.

We are in the process of selecting the panel that will review the report. Once the report is reviewed we will provide you with the information regarding the panel and the criteria used to evaluate the report on its merits. If you have any questions please contact us….”

Note: The report CMS mentions is a required cost-benefit analysis of ABC codes showing over $51 billion in annual savings. Please go to http://www.ABCcodes.com for additional information about ABC codes.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Alternative Link Team