2010 News Archives
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News for the week of 03/08/10
- Medicare Learning Network News: Medicare Preventive Services Quick Reference Information Charts and March is National Nutrition Month (CMS Learnresource) (03/10/10)
- Internet-Based PECOS (CMS Learnresource) (03/10/10)
- Basic Introduction to ICD-10-CM National Provider Conference Call (CMS Learnresource) (03/10/10)
- Rate Year (RY) 2009 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (PPS) Personal Computer (PC) Pricers Updated (CMS Learnresource) (03/10/10)
- Internet-Based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) for Physicians, Non-Physician Practitioners, and Solely-Owned Organizations (CMS Learnresource) (03/08/10)
- Proposed Rule for the Establishment of Certification Programs for Health Information Technology (CMS Learnresource) (03/08/10)
- Reminder: Comment Period Closing on Proposed Rule for Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program/Meaningful Use (CMS Learnresource) (03/08/10)
News for the week of 03/01/10
- Dress in Blue This Friday and Kick Off National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month! (CMS Learnresource) (03/03/10)
- The "Temporary Extension Act of 2010" Extends the Zero Percent Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update and the Therapy Cap Exception Process (CMS Learnresource) (03/03/10)
- The Therapy Cap Exception Process Extended Under the "Temporary Extension Act of 2010" (CMS Learnresource) (03/03/10)
- Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) Method II Providers Notification (CMS Memorandum) (03/03/10)
- New Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters Article Regarding "Questions and Answers on Reporting Physician Consultation Services" (CMS Learnresource) (03/03/10)
- Revised Ambulance Fee Schedule Fact Sheet (CMS Learnresource) (03/03/10)
- Physician Consultation Codes No Longer Valid for Medicare (CMS Learnresource) (03/01/10)
- CMS Needs Your Feedback (CMS Learnresource) (03/01/10)
- Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) Personal Computer (PC) Pricer Updated (CMS Learnresource) (03/01/10)
- 2010 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative & Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program National Provider Call with Question & Answer Session (CMS Learnresource) (03/01/10)
- Revisions to Consultation Services Payment Policy: Coding Instructions for Services Formerly Coded as Inpatient Consultations under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Codes (CMS Memorandum) (03/01/10)
- Revisions to Consultation Services Payment Policy (Revised CMS MLN Matters)
(03/01/10) - Implementation of Home Health Agency Program Safeguard Provisions (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (03/01/10)
- Questions and Answers on Reporting Physician Consultation Services (CMS Special Edition MLN Matters) (03/01/10)
News for the week of 02/22/10
- 2010 Part D Data Symposium Invitation (CMS Learnresource) (02/24/10)
- A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal on Advancing Health Information Exchange (CMS Learnresource) (02/24/10)
- New from the Medicare Learning Network (CMS Learnresource) (02/24/10)
- Medicare Inpatient Skilled Nursing Facility No Payment Claim's Processing Issue (CMS Memorandum) (02/24/10)
- CMS Invites You to HITECH Teleconference on Medicare & Medicaid Incentives Program NPRM (CMS Learnresource) (02/22/10)
- Revision of Definition of Compendia as Authoritative Source for Use in the Determination of a Medically-Accepted Indication of Drugs/Biologicals Used Off-label in Anti-Cancer Chemotherapeutic Regimens (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (02/22/10)
- Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters Article Regarding Dialysis Adequacy, Infection and Vascular Access Reporting (CMS Learnresource) (02/22/10)
- Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Personal Computer (PC) Pricer Updated (CMS Learnresource) (02/22/10)
- The Medicare Learning Network--Quality You Can Trust! (CMS Learnresource) (02/22/10)
News for the week of 02/15/10
- Medicare Claims Crossover to Supplemental Payer Problem (CMS Learnresource) (02/17/10)
- Five-Star Quality Rating System – February News (CMS Learnresource) (02/17/10)
- 02/17/10 - Instructions on How to Process Negative Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC) Adjustment Amounts when Certain CARCs Appear on Medicare Secondary Payer Claims (CMS MLN Matters) (02/17/10)
- Point of Origin for Admission or Visit Codes Update to the UB-04 (CMS-1450) Manual Code List (CMS MLN Matters) (02/17/10)
- Medicare Systems Edit Refinements Related to Hospice Services (CMS MLN Matters) (02/17/10)
- Dialysis Adequacy, Infection and Vascular Access Reporting (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (02/17/10)
- New from the Medicare Learning Network (CMS Learnresource) (02/15/10)
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) PC Pricers Updates (CMS Learnresource) (02/15/10)
News for the week of 02/08/10
- HIPAA National Provider Conference Call (CMS Learnresource) (02/10/10)
- January Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Information Update (CMS Learnresource) (02/08/10)
- Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for the Development of New Quality Measures for the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Population (CMS Learnresource) (02/08/10)
- Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) Personal Computer (PC) Pricers Updated (CMS Learnresource) (02/08/10)
- Skilled Nursing Facilities Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) Personal Computer (PC) Pricer Files Updated for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 and FY 2010 (CMS Learnresource) (02/08/10)
- Free Educational Products and Free Shipping from the Medicare Learning Network! (CMS Learnresource) (02/08/10)
- Your Latest 5010 Updates (CMS Learnresource) (02/08/10)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Special Open Door Forum: Medicare Provider & Supplier Enrollment (CMS Learnresource) (02/08/10)
- Coverage of Inpatient Rehabilitation Services (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (02/08/10)
- Coverage of Inpatient Rehabilitation Services (CMS Transmittal) (02/08/10)
- Billing and Processing for Healthy Control Group Volunteers in a Qualified Clinical Trial (CMS MLN Matters) (02/08/10)
- Revision of Definition of Compendia as Authoritative Source for Use in the Determination of a Medically-Accepted Indication of Drugs/Biologicals Used Off-label in Anti-Cancer Chemotherapeutic Regimens (CMS MLN Matters) (02/08/10)
News for the week of 02/01/10
- Correction to Processing of Non-Covered Revenue Codes (CMS MLN Matters) (02/03/10)
- Dialysis Adequacy, Infection and Vascular Access Reporting (CMS MLN Matters) (02/03/10)
- April 2010 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files (CMS MLN Matters) (02/03/10)
- Medicare's DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program - A Better Way for Medicare to Pay for Medical Equipment (CMS SE MLN Matters) (02/03/10)
- Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (IOCE) PC (interactive and batch) Re-Write (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (02/03/10)
- February is American Heart Month! (CMS Learnresource) (02/03/10)
- New From The Medicare Learning Network (CMS Learnresource) (02/03/10)
- CMS Approves Three National Organizations to Accredit Suppliers of Advanced Imaging Services (CMS Learnresource) (02/03/10)
- Medicare Home Health System Claims Process Issue (CMS JSM) (02/03/10)
- Calendar Year (CY) 2009 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Personal Computer (PC) Pricer Updated -- Posted 1/29/10 (CMS Learnresource) (02/03/10)
- "DR" Condition Code and the "CR" Modifier on Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims (CMS Learnresource) (02/01/10)
- A Message of Interest to Physicians and Non-Physician Practitioners Regarding NPI and Enrollment Files (CMS Learnresource) (02/01/10)
News for the week of 01/25/10
- Providers Randomly Selected to Participate in the Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS) Urged to Respond (Special Edition MLN Matters) (01/27/10)
- Providers Randomly Selected to Participate in the Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS) Urged to Respond (CMS Learnresource) (01/27/10)
- Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System Claims Process Issue (CMS Memorandum) (01/27/10)
- Taking EDI to the Next Level - Fourth National Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) Education Call on HIPAA Version 5010 (CMS Learnresource) (01/27/10)
- Wrong Surgical or Other Invasive Procedure Performed on a Patient; Surgery or Other Invasive Procedure Performed on the Wrong Body Part; and Surgical or Other Invasive Procedure Performed on the Wrong Patient (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (01/27/10)
- Processing of Non-Covered International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) Procedure Codes on Inpatient Hospital Claims (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (01/25/10)
- Billing for Services Related to Voluntary Uses of Advance Beneficiary Notices of Noncoverage (ABNs) (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (01/25/10)
- July Update to the 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) (CMS MLN Matters) (01/25/10)
- From the Medicare Learning Network -- Did You Resolve To Learn Something New This Year? (CMS Learnresource) (01/25/10)
- Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) Software Codes Update (CMS Learnresource) (01/25/10)
- Expiration of Increased Medicare Payments for Ground Ambulance Services and Air Ambulance Payment Improvements Provisions (CMS Memorandum) (01/25/10)
- Electronic Media Claims (EMC) Rejecting in Error for Invalid Taxonomy Code Has Been Resolved (01/25/10)
- Annual Recertification of Direct Data Entry (DDE) User IDs (01/25/10)
News for the week of 01/18/10
- Hospice Payment System Fact Sheet (CMS Learnresource) (01/20/10)
- New QUICK REFERENCE Charts Now Available from the Medicare Learning Network (MLN) (CMS Learnresource) (01/20/10)
- World of Medicare NEW WBT Course from the Medicare Learning Network (MLN) (CMS Learnresource) (01/20/10)
- Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services for Calendar Year (CY) 2010 (CMS MLN Matters) (01/20/10)
- Calendar Year (CY) 2010 Annual Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment (CMS MLN Matters) (01/20/10)
- Processing of Non-Covered International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) Procedure Codes on Inpatient Hospital Claims (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (01/20/10)
- Additional Information Regarding the Calendar Year (CY) 2010 Annual Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment (CMS SE MLN Matters) (01/20/10)
- Revised Home Health Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (CMS Learnresource) (01/18/10)
- REMINDER: 2011 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Program Listening Session to be held on February 2, 2010! (CMS Learnresource) (01/18/10)
- Five-Star Quality Rating System - January News (CMS Learnresource) (01/18/10)
- Pharmacogenomic Testing for Warfarin Response (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (01/18/10)
- Emergency Update to the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (01/18/10)
- Implementation of Home Health Agency Program Safeguard Provisions (CMS MLN Matters) (01/18/10)
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) (FDG) for Cervical Cancer (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (01/18/10)
- PC Ace Pro32 Billing Software Upgrade Version 2.18 Now Available Online (01/18/10)
- Communiqué Will Be Published Quarterly Effective January 2010 (01/18/10)
News for the week of 01/11/10
- The Medicare Learning Network Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary! (CMS Learnresource) (01/13/10)
- Revised Medicare Physician Guide (CMS Learnresource) (01/13/10)
- Scheduled Release of Modifications to the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Code Set (CMS Learnresource) (01/11/10)
- CMS Launches Fifth Annual Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (CMS Learnresource) (01/11/10)
- Two Messages from the Medicare Learning Network (January 10 - 16, 2010 is National Influenza Vaccination Week & New from the Medicare Learning Network (Adult Immunizations) (CMS Learnresource) (01/11/10)
- Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) (CMS Transmittal) (01/11/10)
News for the week of 01/04/10
- 01/06/10 - January 2010 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 11.0 (CMS MLN Matters)
- 01/06/10 - Interest Payment On Clean Non-PIP Claims Not Paid Timely
- 01/04/10 - Summary of Policies in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the Telehealth Originating Site Facility Fee Payment Amount (Revised CMS MLN Matters)
- 01/04/10 - Emergency Update to the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) (CMS MLN Matters)
- 01/04/10 - Coverage of Kidney Disease Patient Education Services (CMS MLN Matters)
- 01/04/10 - Pharmacogenomic Testing for Warfarin Response (CMS MLN Matters)
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