Posted	Title
12-30-04	Clarification of Medicare’s Transfer Policy Under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)
12-30-04	January 2005 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS): Billing for Devices that Do Not Have Transitional Pass-Through Status and that Are Not Classified as New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification (APCs) Groups
12-30-04	April 2005 Update of Health Care Claims Status Codes and Health Care Claims Status Category Codes for Use with the Health Care Claim Status Request and Response ASC X12N 276/277
12-30-04	MMA - Implementation of Section 921 of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) - Provider Customer Service Program
12-30-04	CMS Job Aids Web Page Now Available
12-29-04	Outpatient Claims Processing - Holding of Outpatient Claims
12-29-04	Skilled Nursing Facility Claims Processing Holding of SNF Claims
12-29-04	SNF PPS PRICER Software
12-28-04	Provider Enrollment Fraud Alert
12-27-04	Provider Disclosure Statement (PDS)
12-23-04	MMA-Cardiovascular Screening Blood Tests
12-23-04	MMA - Coverage of Routine Costs of Clinical Trials Involving Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Category A Devices
12-23-04	January 2005 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS): Coding and Payment for Drug Administration
12-23-04	MMA - Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 Information for Medicare Rural Health Providers, Suppliers, and Physicians
12-22-04	Winter '04 edition of "The Pulse of CMS"
12-22-04	ESRD Requirements on Billing HCPCS Code A4913
12-22-04	Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference
12-20-04	CMS Seeks Provider Input on Satisfaction with Medicare Fee-for-Service Contractor Services
12-17-04	Attend Medicare Training Without Leaving Your Facility
12-17-04	The Supplemental Security Income (SSI)/Medicare Beneficiary Data for Fiscal Year 2003 for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS)
12-17-04	(* Archived: 12/23/2004) Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 Information for Medicare Rural Health Providers, Suppliers, and Physicians
12-16-04	Unsolicited/Voluntary Refunds
12-13-04	Clarification of JSM-412 - Eliminate Issuance of Old Format Paper Remittance Advice Notices and Fiscal Intermediary Issuance of Paper Remittance Advice Notices to Providers Sent Electronic Remittance Advice Transactions
12-13-04	MMA - Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for January 2005
12-13-04	(* Archived 05/06/2005) New ESRD Composite Payment Rates Effective January 1, 2005 - ESRD & Hosp
12-13-04	Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS):Misclassified Drugs and Biologicals, Ganciclovir Long Act Implant, BCG Live Intravesical Vac, and Gallium ga 67; Adjustments Due to Misclassification
12-13-04	MMA - Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) Implementation
12-13-04	January 2005 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Code Editor (OPPS OCE) Specifications Version 6.0
12-08-04	Low Osmolar Contrast Material/Laboratory Tests/Payment for Inpatient Services Furnished by a Critical Access Hospital
12-06-04	(* Archived 05/06/2005) Change to the Common Working File Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing Edits for Ambulance Transports to or from a Diagnostic or Therapeutic Site
12-06-04	Annual Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB)
12-06-04	Instructions for Completion of Form CMS-1450
12-06-04	Corrected Zip Code Files for the Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) Bonus Payments
12-03-04	PC Print Version 3.4.3 Software Upgrade
12-01-04	MMA - Section 706 - Implementation of Coverage of Religious Nonmedical Health Care Institution (RNHCI) Items and Services Furnished in the Home
12-01-04	Guidance Regarding Elimination of Standard Paper Remittance (SPR) Advice Notices in the Old Format - (Revised)
12-01-04	End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Reimbursement for Automated Multi-Channel Chemistry (AMCC) Tests
12-01-04	Fee Schedule Update for 2005 for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS)
11-23-04	Provider Disclosure Statements (PDS)
11-23-04	MMA - Medicare Program: Update to the Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Home Health Agencies for Calendar Year 2005
11-19-04	(* Archived 05/06/2005) Editing of Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNFs) Part B Inpatient Services (Full Replacement of Change Request 3366)
11-18-04	CR 3096 Rescinded--Nursing Facility Visits (Codes 99301-99313)
11-18-04	2005 Annual Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment
11-18-04	MMA - Payment of Ambulance Services to Indian Health Service (IHS)/Tribal Hospitals
11-15-04	Interactive Voice Response - Coming Soon!
11-15-04	Change in the Type of Bill for Diagnostic and Screening Mammographies
11-10-04	Inappropriate Access to or Use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Transaction Data by Third-Party Entities - All Providers
11-10-04	Reminder Notice of the Implementation of the Ambulance Transition Schedule
11-10-04	MMA-January 2005 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing File, Effective January 1, 2005
11-10-04	(* Archived 11/19/2004) Editing of Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNFs) Part B Inpatient Services (Full Replacement of Change Request 3366)
11-10-04	Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Classification Requirements
11-10-04	Elimination of the SNF No-Pay File
11-09-04	Clarification: Modifiers for Transportation of Portable X-Rays (R0075)
11-09-04	Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health (HH) Consolidated Billing Enforcement
11-09-04	Medicare Termination of Beneficiaries With End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
11-09-04	Indian Health Service (IHS) or Tribal Hospitals Including Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) Payment Methodology for Inpatient Social Admissions and Outpatient Services Rendered at a Separate Facility
11-03-04	Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card & Transitional Assistance (TA) Program Information for Providers
11-03-04	Town Hall Meeting: Medicare Provider Feedback
11-03-04	Medicare Part A Electronic Post Office Changes Delayed
11-01-04	MMA - Billing Instructions for ADVATE rAHF-PFM on Medicare Claims
10-29-04	MMA - Payment for Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)-Mandated Screening and Stabilization Services
10-29-04	(*Archived: 10/17/05) Override of Medicare System Edit for Observation Services Exceeding 48 Hours
10-29-04	New Policy and Refinements on Billing Noncovered Charges to Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs)
10-29-04	Important News about Flu Shots for Medicare Beneficiaries
10-29-04	Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities/Outpatient Physical Therapy (CORF/OPT) Edit for Billing Inappropriate Supplies
10-22-04	Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA)
10-22-04	Revision of Common Working File (CWF) Editing for Same-Day, Same-Provider Acute Care Readmissions
10-22-04	Remittance Advice Remark Code and Claim Adjustment Reason Code Update
10-21-04	Holding of Certain Institutional Outpatient Laboratory Claims
10-21-04	Carriage Return and Line Feed Attributes
10-21-04	Payment Amounts for the Influenza Virus Vaccine (CPT 90658) and the Pneumococcal Vaccine (CPT 90732) When Payment Is Based on 95 Percent of the Average Wholesale Price (AWP)
10-21-04	MMA - Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Cards and Transitional Assistance Program: A Summary of New Initiative of Interest to Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals
10-21-04	Instructions for Completion of CMS-1450 Billing Form
10-21-04	Medicare Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility Coverage
10-21-04	Billing Requirements for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans for Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases
10-13-04	MMA-Treatment of Obesity
10-12-04	Diagnosis Codes in Error on MedA Inbound Reject Report – Update
10-11-04	September 2004 Month-End PS&R Reports
10-08-04	Provider Disclosure Statements (PDS)
10-08-04	Payment Allowances for the Influenza Virus Vaccines (CPT 90657 & 90658) and the Pneumococcal Vaccine (CPT 90732) When Payment Is Based on 95 Percent of the Average Wholesale Price (AWP)
10-08-04	Third Update to the 2004 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database Full Replacement of CR 3415: CR 3415 Is Rescinded
10-08-04	(*Archived 10/21/2004) Medicare Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility Coverage
10-08-04	Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) and Other Bill Processing Changes Related to the IPPS Final Rule
10-08-04	Holding of Certain Institutional Outpatient Laboratory Claims
10-07-04	MMA-Proposed Implementation of the Physician Scarcity Bonus and Revision to the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)
10-07-04	Diagnosis Codes in Error on MedA Inbound Reject Report
10-06-04	MMA-Implementation of New Medicare Redetermination Notice
10-04-04	ASC X12N 837 Medicare Part A Inbound Edit
10-04-04	Clarification of Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Rules in Relation to a Temporary Leave of Absence
10-01-04	Empire Medicare Services Companion Document for Claim Submission ASC X12N 837 Medicare Part A Institutional Version 4010A1
09-30-04	(*Archived 12/01/04)MMA - Guidance Regarding Elimination of Standard Paper Remittance (SPR) Advice Notices in the Old Format
09-30-04	(* Archived 05/06/2005) MMA - Editing of Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility Part B Inpatient Services
09-30-04	(*Archived: 10/06/2004)MMA-Implementation of New Medicare Redetermination Notice
09-30-04	MMA - Coverage by Medicare Advantage Organizations for NCD Services Not Previously Included in the Medicare Advantage’s Capitated Rates - Revised
09-30-04	MMA - Guidance for Part A Providers Switching to Electronic Remittance Advices (ERAs)
09-30-04	MMA - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) for Diagnosing Brain Tumors
09-30-04	(*Archived 10/21/2004) MMA - Instructions for Completion of CMS-1450 Billing Form
09-30-04	MMA - Crossover Patients in New Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCH)
09-24-04	Line Item Date of Service
09-22-04	MSN Messages and Reason Codes for Mammography
09-22-04	Information and Education Resources for Medicare Providers, Suppliers, and Physicians
09-22-04	Update to Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance, and Premium Rates for Calendar Year (CY) 2005
09-21-04	The Pulse of CMS (Fall 2004)
09-17-04	Important Message to All OMNIPROSM Users
09-17-04	CMS & WEDI Present “HIPAA Security Solutions & Beyond,” Coming to New York and New Jersey!
09-14-04	(*Archived 02/17/2005)Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) - Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing and Services of Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers
09-13-04	MMA-October 2004 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
09-08-04	Use of Transmission Date in the Service Date Field for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Claims
09-08-04	2005 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Annual Update Reminder
09-08-04	Application of the Medicare Secondary Payer for the Working Aged Provision to Former Spouses and the Medicare Secondary Payer for the Disabled Provision to Former Spouses and Certain Family Members with Coverage Under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program
09-08-04	MMA-Addition of Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists as Emergency On-Call Providers for Critical Access Hospitals
09-08-04	Fiscal Intermediary 835 Flat File and Companion Document Change
09-08-04	Use Condition Code 59 When an ESRD Beneficiary Receives Non-Scheduled or Emergency Dialysis Services at a Non-Primary ESRD Dialysis Facility
09-02-04	(*Archived 10/12/04. Refer to CR 3505 posted 10/12/04) Third Update to the 2004 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database
08-30-04	Self-Administered Drug Exclusion Directive
08-30-04	Attention Skilled Nursing Facilities: Sign up Now!
08-26-04	Patient Status Code 65 or Implementation of Patient Status Code 65, Discharged/Transferred to a Psychiatric Hospital or Psychiatric Distinct Part Unit of a Hospital
08-26-04	MMA-Further Information Related to CR-3175, Distinct Part Units of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
08-26-04	Clarification of Epoetin Alfa (EPO) Billing Procedures and Codes in ESRD
08-25-04	Attention Therapy Providers!
08-23-04	Attention Skilled Nursing Facility Providers!
08-20-04	SSI/Medicare Beneficiary Data for FY 2003 for IPPS Hospitals
08-20-04	MMA-Implementation of New Medicare Redetermination Notice
08-20-04	Carriage Return and Line Feed Attributes
08-20-04	MMA - Medicare Replacement Drug Demonstration
08-20-04	October Quarterly Update for 2004 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule
08-20-04	Coverage by Medicare Advantage Organizations for National Coverage Determination (NCD) Services Not Previously Included in the Medicare Advantage’s Capitated Rates
08-18-04	Geographic Reclassification Applications for Hospitals Under the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2006
08-18-04	October 2004 Quarterly Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement
08-16-04	MMA-Billing Requirements for Islet Cell Transplantation for Beneficiaries in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Trial
08-16-04	Autologous Blood-Derived Products for Chronic, Non-Healing Wounds
08-16-04	Medicare Program-Update to the Hospice Payment Rates, Hospice Cap, Hospice Wage Index, and the Hospice PRICER for FY 2005
08-16-04	(*Archived 07/22/5005) Update to the Frequency of Billing
08-13-04	The Pulse of CMS (Special Edition)
08-11-04	Empire Medicare Services Companion Document for the Medicare Part A Claim Status Request / Response Transaction
08-10-04	SNF PPS PRICER Update for FY 2005
08-09-04	Standardized Responses to Provider Inquiries Regarding the Negotiated National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) Edit Module
08-09-04	Revision of Common Working File (CWF) Editing for Same-Day, Same-Provider Acute Care Readmissions
08-09-04	October Update to the Medicare Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Version 20.0 for Bills from Hospitals That Are Not Paid Under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
08-09-04	October 2004 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Outpatient Code Editor (OPPS OCE) Specifications Version 5.3
08-06-04	(*Archived 02/02/05)Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing
08-06-04	Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing as It Relates to Certain Types of Exceptionally Intensive Outpatient Hospital Services
08-06-04	(*Archived 02/17/2005)Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing and Preventive/Screening Services
08-06-04	(*Archived: 09/14/2004) MMA-Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act - Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing and Services of Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers
08-06-04	(* Archived 03/04/2005) Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing as It Relates to Certain Diagnostic Tests
08-06-04	Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing as It Relates to Dialysis Coverage
08-06-04	Introduction to SNF Billing, Wilmington, DE-Correction
08-06-04	Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF)Annual Update: Prospective Payment System (PPS) PRICER Changes for FY 2005
08-06-04	(* Archived 03/10/2005) Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing and Erythropoietin (EPO, Epoetin Alfa) and Darbepoetin Alfa (Aranesp)
08-05-04	Additional Clarification of Bill Types 22X and 23X Submitted by Skilled Nursing Facilities with Instruction for Involuntarily Moving a Beneficiary Out of the SNF and Ending a Benefit Period
08-05-04	Extension of Interrupted Stay Policy Under Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) PPS
08-05-04	Indian Health Service (IHS) or Tribal Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Payment Methodology for Inpatient and Outpatient Services
08-05-04	(*Archived 02/17/2005)Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing as It Relates to Clinical Social Workers
08-05-04	(*Archived 02/17/2005)Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing as It Relatesto Prosthetics and Orthotics
08-05-04	(* Archived 03/04/2005) Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing as It Relates to Ambulance Services
08-05-04	MMA -Shared Systems Changes for Medicare Part B Drugs for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Independent Dialysis Facilities
08-05-04	Change to Previous Transmittal Regarding the Discontinued Use of Revenue Code 0910
08-05-04	Cryosurgery of the Prostate
08-05-04	OIG Alert About Charging Extra for Covered Services
08-02-04	2005 DMEPOS Pricing File Record Layout Expansion and New Pricing Procedures for Certain DMEPOS Items Based on Modifiers
08-02-04	October 2004 Quarterly Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing Enforcement
08-02-04	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) X12N 837 Institutional Health Care Claim Implementation Guide (IG) Additional Updates
08-02-04	Update of Health Care Claims Status Codes and Health Care Claims Status Category Codes for Use with the Health Care Claim Status Request and Response ASC X12N 276/277
07-30-04	Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Classification Requirements
07-29-04	Introduction to FISS/DDE (OMNIPROSM) Training Session on August 11, 2004
07-27-04	Modification Service Level Agreement for Return of Acknowledgment Reports
07-27-04	Information for All Electronic Users
07-23-04	Instructions for Providing Supervisor’s Information When a Service Incident to the Ordering Physician Is Supervised by Another Physician in the Group
07-23-04	Mapping Issue for Inbound 837 Transactions - Update
07-23-04	Chapter 5 - Financial Management Manual: Section 420 - Procedures for Re-issuance and Stale Dating of Medicare Checks
07-23-04	Update to the Common Working File Edits for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) to Expand the Bypass for Pharmacy Services
07-23-04	(*Archived: 08/02/2004) MMA - Clarification for CR3064 - Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Policy for Hospital Reference Lab Services and Independent Reference Lab Services
07-21-04	Clarification on TOPS Payments on PS&R Reimbursement Report
07-20-04	CMS Fact Sheet for LTCH PPS
07-20-04	MMA - MSN Messages for Mammography Claims, Pub 100-04, Chapter 18, Section 20 and Chapter 21, Section 50
07-19-04	CMS Fact Sheets
07-16-04	Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) Annual Update
07-15-04	MMA-Implementation of Section 414 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003
07-15-04	Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for October 2004
07-15-04	Mapping Issue for Inbound 837 Transactions
07-13-04	MMA-Hospital Outpatient Billing and Payment Under Outpatient Prospective Payment System for New Drugs or Biologicals After FDA Approval but Before Assignment of a product-Specific Drug/Biological HCPCS Code
07-13-04	CMS Manual System - Payment to Bank
07-13-04	MMA - Medicare Replacement Drug Demonstration
07-12-04	Drug Pricing Update- Payment Limits for J7308 (Levulan Kerastick) and J9395 (Faslodex)
07-12-04	Clarification for Billing Left Ventricular Assist Devices
07-08-04	Hospital Outpatient Claims Processing Problem
07-08-04	(*Archived 07/13/04) Revision of Criteria for Payment to Be Sent to a Bank in the Name of a Provider/Physician/Supplier
07-08-04	(*Archived 07/11/2005) MMA - Non-Physician Practitioner Questions and Answers
07-07-04	Bonus Payments for Services in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)
07-07-04	(*Archived 12/01/04)MMA - End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Reimbursement for Automated Multi-Channel Chemistry (AMCC) Tests
07-07-04	MMA - Arthroscopic Lavage and Arthroscopic Debridement for the Osteoarthritic Knee
07-02-04	MMA - July 2004 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
07-02-04	MMA - July 2004 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS): Payment for Drugs, Biologicals, and Radiopharmaceuticals
07-02-04	Holding of Certain Hospital Outpatient Claims from Hospitals Subject to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) (CR 3287) and Long Term Care Hospital Claims--ACTION
07-01-04	Quarterly Provider Update
06-30-04	Reminder to Providers to Supply Information to Medicare’s Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Program
06-30-04	Interest Rate
06-29-04	MMA - Expansion of Policy Where Patient Is a Member of a Medicare Advantage (MA) Organization for Only a Portion of the Billing Period, to Include Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRF) and Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCH) (MMA Section 211(e))
06-29-04	Elimination of Regulations for Written Statement of Intent
06-29-04	NCD: Sensory Nerve Conduction Threshold Test (sNCTs)
06-29-04	Medicare Contractor Annual Update of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)
06-28-04	Reminder for Medicare Part A e-Link Users
06-22-04	Revised Updated Skilled Nursing Facility NO PAY File for July 2004
06-22-04	Clarification for Medlearn Matters 3031: Medicare Need for a Specific Line Item Date of Service (LIDOS) for Each Revenue Code on ALL Outpatient and Inpatient Part B Claims
06-22-04	The Pulse of CMS (Summer 2004)
06-21-04	MMA-Hospital Outpatient Billing and Payment Under OPPS for New Drugs or Biologicals After FDA Approval but Before Assignment of a Product-Specific Drug/Biological HCPCS Code
06-21-04	Additional Billing Information for HCPCS Code C9399
06-18-04	Attention Medicare Part A OMNIPRO Users
06-18-04	Attention FTP Users
06-11-04	Emergency Hospital Outpatient Billing of Epotein Alfa (EPO) and Darbepoetin Alfa (Aranesp)
06-11-04	July Update to the Medicare Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version 19.2 for Bills from Hospitals that Are Not Paid Under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System
06-11-04	July Outpatient Prospective Payment System Code Editor (OPPS OCE) Specifications Version 5.2
06-09-04	MMA-Hospital Outpatient Billing and Payment Under OPPS for New Drugs or Biologicals After FDA Approval but Before Assignment of a Product-Specific Drug/Biological HCPCS Code
06-09-04	Reporting Medicare Secondary Payer Information on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 X12N 837, Created Via the Free Billing Software
06-09-04	New Hours for Provider Call Center
06-08-04	Billing Requirements for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for the Treatment of Diabetic Wounds of the Lower Extremities
06-08-04	Diabetes Self-Management Training Services Provider Types Affected
06-07-04	Updated Skilled Nursing Facility Help File Available for CY 2004
06-07-04	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act X12N 837 Health Care Claim Implementation Guide ICD-9-CM and Direct Data Entry Instruction
06-07-04	Attention FTP Users
06-07-04	Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing L Codes - Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier and Fiscal Intermediaries
06-03-04	Empire Medicare Services Companion Document for Claim Submission ASC X12N 837 Medicare Part A Institutional Version 4010A1
06-01-04	Redistribution of Unused Resident Positions
05-27-04	Discontinued Use of Revenue Code 0910
05-27-04	Modification of CMS’s Medicare Contingency Plan for HIPAA Implementation
05-27-04	Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing: Services Furnished Under an “Arrangement” with an Outside Entity
05-24-04	Important Notice to OMNIPROSM Users
05-21-04	New Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Cards
05-21-04	MMA - Second Update to the 2004 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database
05-18-04	Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Corrections Involving 0040T and A9603
05-18-04	July Quarterly Update for 2004 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Fee Schedule
05-18-04	Use of Group Health Plan Payment System for Medicare Disease Management Demonstration Serving Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries
05-18-04	Clarification of Billing for Separately Billable End Stage Renal Disease Drugs
05-18-04	Remittance Advice Remark Code and Claim Adjustment Reason Code Update
05-18-04	New 837 V4010A1 Implementation Guide Editing
05-17-04	MMA - Section 511 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 Special Adjustment for Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Rates for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
05-17-04	Intro to FISS/DDE Training Session
05-14-04	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) X12N 837 Health Care Claim Implementation Guide (IG) Editing Additional Instruction--Reminder
05-10-04	MMA - Changes in Determining Rural Status of Hospitals for Transitional Outpatient Payments for 2004
05-10-04	MMA - National 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) Implementation (Section 923(d) of MMA)
05-07-04	CMS Fact Sheets
05-07-04	Redistribution of Unused Resident Positions
05-06-04	Reminder - Additional Date Added for Introduction to Medicare Secondary Payer Training Session in NYC
05-06-04	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Working to Improve Provider Enrollment Process
05-04-04	MMA- Section 937 - Correction of Minor Errors and Omissions Without Appeals
05-04-04	MMA - Critical Access Hospital Distinct Part Units
05-04-04	Emergency Correction Regarding Correction to Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Low-Osmolar Contrast Material
05-04-04	MMA - CMS to Increase Payments to Hospitals Reclassified Under Medicare Reform Law
05-04-04	MMA-New Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Cards and Transitional Assistance Program: A Summary for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals
05-04-04	New Condition Code for ESRD Facilities and Patient Status Code Changes
05-04-04	Arrangements for Physical, Occupational, and Speech-Language Pathology Services
04-30-04	First Update to the 2004 Medicare Physician