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2009 News Archives

News for the week of 12/28/09

• 2010 Annual Update to the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Files (12/30/09)
• Expiration of Moratorium That Allowed Independent Laboratories to Bill for the Technical Component of Physician Pathology Services Furnished to Hospital Patients and Expiration of Therapy Cap Exceptions (CMS Memorandum) (12/30/09)
• Quarterly Provider Update (12/30/09)
• Expiration of Various Payment Provisions Under the Medicare Program (CMS Special Edition MLN Matters) (12/30/09)
• New, Retired, and Revised Policy Updates will be Published on the WPS Medicare Website Beginning December 30, 2009 (12/28/09)

News for the week of 12/14/09

• ALERT: C-SNAP Password Requirement Changes - Details (12/14/09)
• FISS System Release Information for January 2010 (12/14/09)
• Important Message Regarding PC-Ace Upgrades Online: DO NOT Save the Upgrade to Your Winpcace Folder (12/14/09)

News for the week of 12/07/09

• Communiqué Will Be Published Quarterly Effective January 2010 – Important Information about Policy Updates (12/07/09)
• Electronic Media Claims (EMC) Rejecting in Error for Invalid Taxonomy Code (12/11/09)

News for the week of 11/23/09

• Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Code Q2024 for Small Dose Bevacizumab (Avastin®) Update (11/23/09)

News for the week of 11/16/09

• Final UPDATE Reason Code 32511 (11/16/09)

News for the week of 11/09/09

• Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) Processing (11/09/09)
• Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Electronic Claim Filing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (11/09/09)

News for the week of 11/02/09

• PC Ace Pro32 Billing Software Upgrade Version 2.16 Now Available Online (11/02/09)
• Communiqué Newsletter will be Published Quarterly Effective January 2010 (11/02/09)

News for the week of 10/26/09

• Submitting Medical Records When Requested (10/26/09)
• Reason Code 31608 Update (10/26/09)

News for the week of 10/19/09

• Submission of Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Claims (10/19/09)
• Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Common Reasons for Denial (10/19/09)

News for the week of 10/12/09

• UPDATE Reason Code 32511 (10/14/09)

News for the week of 10/05/09

• WPS Medicare Guidance on Provider Signature Requirements for Medical Documentation (10/05/09)
• Submission of Medicare Secondary Payer Claims (10/05/09)

News for the week of 09/28/09

• Mass-Adjustment of Specified Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Transplant Claims Paid an Outlier (CMS Memorandum) (09/30/09)

News for the week of 09/21/09

• Reason Code 32511 (09/24/09)
• Claims Involving Beneficiaries Who Have Elected Hospice Coverage (09/23/09)
• Do Not E-Mail Protected Health Information (PHI) - Use C-SNAP Instead (09/21/09)

News for the week of 09/07/09

• Announcing Part A MAC eNews Messages - Effective Today! (09/08/09)
• Vaccine Administration (09/08/09)

News for the week of 08/31/09

• Medicare Payment for Ambulance Services Furnished by Certain Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) (08/31/09)

News for the week of 08/24/09

• Reason Code 32404 (08/27/09)
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Local Coverage Determination (LCD) (08/26/09)

News for the week of 07/06/09

• Direct Data Entry (DDE) Screen Changes and Workaround Effective July 6, 2009 (07/06/09)

News for the week of 06/29/09

• Communiqué Update (07/01/09)
• Direct Data Entry (DDE) Screen Changes (06/29/09)
• FISS System Release Information for July 2009 (06/29/09)

News for the week of 06/01/09

• Revised Important Information Regarding DDE Screen Changes (06/04/09)

News for the week of 05/11/09

• Thank You for Your Feedback – See the New WPS Medicare Website (05/11/09)

News for the week of 05/04/09

• Jurisdiction 5 A/B MAC Merge of the Part B East Missouri, West Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa CICS Production and User Acceptance Test Regions(CMS Transmittal) (05/04/09)

News for the week of 03/16/09

• Changes to the WPS Medicare MAC Website (03/18/09)

News for the week of 03/02/09

• Creation of Expert Claims Processing System (ECPS) Event for 76X Type of Bill (TOB) to Return to Provider (RTP) Partial Hospitalization Codes (03/02/09)

News for the week of 02/09/09

• Attention Part A J5 Providers: CRNA Charges Removed From Cost Reports with Dates of Service Prior to 10/1/07 (02/09/09)
• Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Swing Bed Billing Clarification (02/09/09)

News for the week of 02/02/09

• Telehealth Claims Processing Problem (02/06/09)
• Have You Completed the Website Satisfaction Survey Lately? (02/02/09)

News for the week of 01/26/09

• Have You Completed the ForeSee Survey? (01/26/09)

News for the week of 01/19/09

• Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs) Demonstration Project (01/19/09)
• Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) (01/19/09)

 

 

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