Medicare Information Resource, Issue 2006-7AB: Information on Additional Payment for Technology Intraocular Lenses (NTIOLs) to Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs)

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MIR-2006-7AB, July 2006

Information on Additional Payment for Technology Intraocular Lenses (NTIOLs) to Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs)

Per Transmittal R914CP (CR 4361) dated April 21, 2006, effective for dates of service on and after February 27, 2006, through February 26, 2011, Medicare will pay an additional $50 to ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) for new tech-nology intraocular lenses (NTIOL) that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recognizes as belonging to NTIOL Category 3 (Reduced Spherical Aberration). Information regarding the lenses that are classified in NTIOL Category 3 is posted at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/CoverageGenInfo/09_NTIOLs.asp.

Additional information about NTIOLs is posted at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/coverage.asp.

You may also refer to Pub 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 14, Section 40.3, which can be accessed on the following Web page: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Manuals/IOM/list.asp#TopOfPage.

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