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CMS News
- 05/23/12 - October 2012 Quarterly Update for the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP)
(MM 7768) - 05/22/12 - Clarification of Medicare Conditional Payment Policy and Billing Procedures for Liability, No-Fault and Workers’ Compensation (WC) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Claims (MM 7355)
- 05/21/12 - CMS Has Posted Information on Recipients of Medicare EHR Incentive Program Payments (Learnresource)
- 05/21/12 - Denise Buenning from CMS Answers the Industry's Top Questions about the Version 5010 Upgrade (Learnresource)
- 05/21/12 - Examining the Difference between a National Provider Identifier (NPI) and a Provider Transaction Access Number (PTAN)
(SE 1216) - 05/21/12 - HHS Finalizes New Rules to Cut Regulations for Hospitals and Health Care Providers, Savings More Than $5 Billion (Learnresource)
- 05/21/12 - July 2012 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 13.2
(MM 7841) - 05/21/12 - July Quarterly Update for 2012 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule
(MM 7822) - 05/21/12 - May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and May 19 is National Hepatitis Testing Day (Learnresource)
- 05/21/12 - Medicare Electronic Prescribing Payment Adjustment Hardship Exemption (Learnresource)
- 05/21/12 - National Provider Call - Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Coverage Requirements - Register Now (Learnresource)
- 05/21/12 - National Provider Call - Physician Quality Reporting System & Electronic Prescribing (eRx) - Last Chance to Register (Learnresource)
- 05/21/12 - Prior Authorization Demonstration Update (Learnresource)
- 05/21/12 - Reporting of Recoupment for Overpayment on the Remittance Advice (RA) with Patient Control Number
(Revised MM 7499) - 05/21/12 - Technical Component of Physician Pathology Services Furnished to Hospital Patients No Longer Covered by Medicare for Certain Pathologists and Independent Labs (Learnresource)
- 05/21/12 - Updates from the Medicare Learning Network® (Learnresource)
CMS News
- 05/14/12 - May is National Osteoporosis Month (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - Medicare Electronic Prescribing Payment Adjustment Hardship Exemption (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - Medicare Enrollment/Revalidation: Requests for the IRS Form CP 575 (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - National Provider Call: Current Status of Medicare FFS Implementation of HIPAA Version 5010 and D.0 - Register Now (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - National Provider Call - Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Coverage Requirements - Register Now (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - National Provider Call - Physician Quality Reporting System & Electronic Prescribing (eRx) - Register Now (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - New Data Provides Info on EPs who Participated in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program in 2011 (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - New Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) edit to review Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Payments Exceeding Charges
(MM 7771) - 05/14/12 - Payment Delay Affecting Inpatient Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility Claims (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - Physician Compare April 2012 Release (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - Revisions of the Financial Limitation for Outpatient Therapy Services – Section 3005 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (MM 7785)
- 05/14/12 - Submit a Notice of Intent to Apply for the Medicare Shared Savings Program January 1, 2013 Start Date - Due by June 15 (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - Submit Your Medicare Enrollment Application Up to 60 Days Before the Effective Date (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - Systematic Validation of Payment Group Codes for Prospective Payment Systems (PPS) Based on Patient Assessments (MM 7760)
- 05/14/12 - There is only 1 week to Submit Comments for the HHS Proposed Rule to Delay ICD-10 (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - Video Slideshow Presentation and Podcasts from March 1 National Provider Call on the Medicare Shared Savings Program and Advance Payment Model Application Process Now Available (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - We Can't Wait: HHS Announces First 26 Health Care Innovation Awards (Learnresource)
- 05/14/12 - Were You Sent a Request to Revalidate Your Medicare Enrollment? (Learnresource)
CMS News
- 05/09/12 - DMEPOS Suppliers Can Easily Update Authorized Official and Ownership Information Using Medicare's Online Enrollment System (Learnresource)
- 05/09/12 - Medicare Fee-For-Service Part A Common Edit and Enhancements Module Editing Clarification (Learnresource)
- 05/08/12 - Allowing Physician Assistants to Perform Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Level of Care Certifications and Recertifications (Revised MM 7701)
- 05/08/12 - Spotlight Women's Health in May in Recognition of Women's Health Week, and Women's Checkup Day (Learnresource)
- 05/07/12 - CMS to Cover New Technology for Medicare Patients with Heart Valve Damage (Learnresource)
- 05/07/12 - CY 2012 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Pricer File Update (Learnresource)
- 05/07/12 - HHS Announces New Affordable Care Act Options for Community Based Care (Learnresource)
- 05/07/12 - Inpatient Prospective Payment System PC Pricer Updated (Learnresource)
- 05/07/12 - Major Improvements to Medicare Online Enrollment System (Learnresource)
- 05/07/12 - Medicare Electronic Prescribing Payment Adjustment Hardship Exemption (Learnresource)
- 05/07/12 - Modification to CWF, FISS, MCS and VMS to Return Submitted Information When There is a CWF Name and HIC Number Mismatch (MM 7260)
- 05/07/12 - National Provider Call: Current Status of Medicare FFS Implementation of HIPAA Version 5010 and D.0 - Save the Date (Learnresource)
- 05/07/12 - Provider Taxonomy Code Problem Impacting Outbound HIPAA 5010A2 837 Institutional Crossover Claims Fully Resolved - March Medicaid Payments in Selected States Delayed (Learnresource)
- 05/07/12 - Providers who Receive Error Codes H20203 and H45255 Need to Balance Bill (Learnresource)
- 05/07/12 - Quarterly Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Drug/Biological Code Changes – July 2012 Update (MM 7831)
- 05/07/12 - Slides and Comments from the WEDI-CMS Industry Collaboration and Problem Solving Webinar are Now Posted (Learnresource)
- 05/07/12 - There are only 2 weeks to Submit Comments for the HHS Proposed Rule to Delay ICD-10 (Learnresource)
- 05/07/12 - Update to the Fiscal Intermediary Shared Systems (FISS) Processing for the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Incentive Program (QIP) for Children's Hospitals
(MM 7798) - 05/07/12 - Use an Individual NPI as the Ordering NPI when Billing Medicare for Part A Home Health Agency Services (Learnresource)
WPS News
- 05/02/12 - PC-Ace Pro32 Version 3.26 Not Yet Available
CMS News
- 05/03/12 - The Proposed Rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use - Comment Period Ends on May 7 (Learnresource)
- 05/02/12 - Anesthesiologist Services with a Modifier GC in a Method II Critical Access Hospital (CAH)
(MM 7764) - 05/02/12 - Contractor and Common Working File (CWF) Additional Instructions Related to Change Request (CR) 7633 - Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse (MM 7791)
- 05/02/12 - CY 2012 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Pricer File Update (Learnresource)
- 05/02/12 - Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Upload to Include Kansas Payment Locality Structure (MM 7815)
- 05/02/12 - Guidelines for Submitting Applications Under Section 5506 of the Affordable Care Act (Learnresource)
- 05/02/12 - Hospital Dialysis Services for Patients with and without End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) (MM 7762)
- 05/02/12 - New Influenza Virus Vaccine Code (MM 7794)
- 05/02/12 - New Occurrence Code to Report Date of Death (MM 7792)
- 05/02/12 - Revised Editing for Hepatitis B Administration Code G0010 (Revised MM 7692)
- 05/02/12 - Temporary Directions to Accommodate Organ Donor Complications Billing on 837I Claims (MM 7816)
- 04/30/12 - The Proposed Rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use - Comment Period Ends on May 7 (Learnresource)
- 04/30/12 - Use an Individual NPI as the Ordering NPI when Billing Medicare for Part A Home Health Agency Services (Learnresource)
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