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12-29-06 Implementation of Revised Fee Schedule Amounts for New Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Power Mobility Devices (PMDs) (JSM-07168)
12-26-06 Laboratory Competitive Bidding Demonstration (5359)
12-26-06 Remittance Advice Remark Code and Claim Adjustment Reason Code Update (5346)
12-26-06 Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update for Calendar Year (CY) 2007 (5423)
12-21-06 NPI: Get It. Share It. Use It. (PE200612-08)
12-21-06 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (PE200612-09)
12-19-06 Infrared Therapy Devices (MM5421)
12-19-06 January 2007 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing File, Effective January 1, 2007, and Revisions to April 2006, July 2006 and October 2006 Quarterly ASP Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files (MM5413)
12-19-06 Quick Reference Information: Medicare Immunization Billing Chart Available to Order (PE200612-07)
12-19-06 Medically Unlikely Edits (MUE) (MM5402)
12-18-06 Implementation of Revised Fee Schedule Amounts for New Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Power Mobility Devices (PMDs) (JSM-07145)
12-18-06 Companion Document Updated
12-14-06 Cavernous Nerves Electrical Stimulation with Penile Plethysmograph (MM5294 Revised)
12-14-06 PC Print Version 3.6.0 Software Upgrade (CR#5081)
12-13-06 Hospice Payment System Fact Sheet (PE200612-03)
12-13-06 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System Fact (PE200612-04)
12-13-06 Implementation of Changes in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Payment for Calendar Year (CY) 2007 (CR# 5407)
12-13-06 2007 Annual Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment (CR# 5362)
12-13-06 Fee Schedule Update for 2007 for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) (CR# 5417)
12-13-06 (*Archived: 12/14/06) Cavernous Nerves Electrical Stimulation with Penile Plethysmograph (MM5294 R)
12-13-06 Implementation of an Ultrasound Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) (MM5235 Revised)
12-11-06 Flu Shot Reminder (PE200612-02)
12-08-06 (*Archived: 01/17/07) Outpatient Therapy Cap Exceptions Clarifications (MM5271 Revised)
12-08-06 (*Archived: 12/13/06) Cavernous Nerves Electrical Stimulation with Penile Plethysmograph (MM5294)
12-08-06 (* Archived: 01/02/07) 2007 Update of HCPCS Codes and Payments for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) (MM5211)
12-08-06 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Interface in the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) (MM5374)
12-08-06 (*Archived: 01/04/07) Reporting of Taxonomy Codes to Identify Provider Subparts on Institutional Claims (MM5243 Revised)
12-07-06 (* Archived: 05/11/07) Claims Submitted With Only a National Provider Identifier (NPI) During the Stage 2 NPI Transition Period (MM5378)
12-07-06 New 2007 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Mammography Codes (MM5327)
12-07-06 (*Archived: 12/13/06) Implementation of an Ultrasound Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) (MM5235)
12-07-06 Laboratory Competitive Bidding Demonstration (MM5359)
12-07-06 (*Archived 05/11/2007) Revised American National Standards Institute (ANSI) X12N 837 Institutional Health Care Claim Companion Document (MM5334)
11-30-06 Extension of CAP Physician Election Period (PE200611-17)
11-27-06 (*Archived: 12/08/06) Implementation of an Ultrasound Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) (MM5235)
11-27-06 Multiple Procedure Reduction on the Technical Component (TC) of Certain Diagnostic Imaging Procedures and Cap on the TC of Imaging Procedures (SE0665)
11-27-06 Common Working File (CWF) Duplicate Claim Edit for the Technical Component (TC) of Radiology and Pathology Laboratory Services Provided to Hospital Patients (MM5347)
11-27-06 Notification and Testing of an Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) for the July 2007 Release (MM5344)
11-27-06 (*Archived: 12/26/06) Laboratory Competitive Bidding Demonstration (MM5359)
11-27-06 November 27 to December 3 Is National Influenza Vaccination Week (PE200611-16)
11-27-06 Update to CR5304 Article Published in November 2006 MIR about CPT Code 90736 (CR5304)
11-22-06 NPI: Get It. Share It. Use It. (PE200611-15)
11-22-06 Clarification on Billing for Cryosurgery of the Prostate Gland (MM5376)
11-22-06 Submitter Action Request Form
11-21-06 Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Annual Election of Method II for Outpatient Services (JSM-07071)
11-20-06 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (PE200611-14)
11-20-06 Implementation of Revised Fee Schedule Amounts for New Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Power Mobility Devices (PMDs) (JSM-07074)
11-20-06 (*Archived: 12/08/06) Reporting of Taxonomy Codes to Identify Provider Subparts on Institutional Claims (MM5243)
11-20-06 (*Archived: 12/08/06) Outpatient Therapy Cap Exceptions Clarifications (MM5271)
11-20-06 (* Archived: 11/21/06) Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Annual Election of Method II for Outpatient Services (JSM-07071)
11-20-06 Provider Call Center Closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday
11-17-06 Hospice Payment System Fact Sheet (PE200611-13)
11-16-06 Common Working File (CWF) Southwest Host Dark Day on Saturday, December 2, 2006 (JSM-07061)
11-16-06 New Mailing Address for Medicare Cost Report Reopening Requests
11-16-06 The Great American Smokeout - November 16, 2006 (PE200611-9)
11-13-06 (*Archived: 11/20/06) Implementation of Revised Fee Schedule Amounts for New Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Power Mobility Devices (PMDs) ((JSM)-07064)
11-10-06 Ambulance Inflation Factor for CY 2007 (MM5358)
11-10-06 Reporting and Payment of No-Cost and Reduced-Cost Devices Furnished by Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Hospitals (MM5263)
11-10-06 Returning Paper Claims Received from Clearinghouses (MM5341)
11-10-06 New Edits Established to Enforce Proper Transfer Coding and Payment in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) Claims (MM5354)
11-10-06 Uniform Billing (UB-04) Implementation - UB-92 Replacement (MM5072 revised)
11-09-06 MMA - Reopenings and Revisions of Claim Determinations and Decisions (MM4147)
11-09-06 Reminder: Part A Provider Call Center Closed on Friday, November 10
11-08-06 MMA - Sunset of the Provider Nomination Provision and the Policy to Assign Providers to the Local Fiscal Intermediary (FI) (SE0582 Revised)
11-08-06 Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement (CR# 5356)
11-07-06 Empire Medicare Services Announces New Electronic Service for our Part A and New York Part B Providers
11-07-06 Information Regarding Fix to Correct National Provider Identifier (NPI) Information within the 837 Institutional Crossover Claim Files (PE200611-04)
11-07-06 Revenue Code 068X on Critical Access Hospital Claims (JSM-07036)
11-06-06 (* Archived: 12/21/06) SNF and Swing-Bed Provider Cross Federal Fiscal Year (FY) Billing
11-06-06 Hospice Payment System Fact Sheet (PE200611-03)
11-03-06 Update to the FISS Online Manual
11-03-06 Application Update to Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance, and Premium Rates for 2007 (CR5345)
11-03-06 Line-Item Billing Requirement for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Claims (CR5039)
11-03-06 Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for January 2007 (CR5384)
11-03-06 Update to the Hospice Payment Rates, Hospice Cap, Hospice Wage Index and the Hospice Pricer for FY 2007 (CR5254)
11-02-06 Flu Season Is Here! (PE200611-01)
11-02-06 November Is American Diabetes Month (PE200611-02)
11-01-06 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (PE200610-17)
10-26-06 Understanding the Remittance Advice for Institutional Providers (PE200610-16)
10-25-06 Guidelines for Teaching Physicians, Interns, and Residents Fact Sheet (PE200610-14)
10-25-06 "Own Your Future": Long-Term Care (LTC) Campaign (SE0671)
10-24-06 NPI: Get It. Share It. Use It. (PE200610-13)
10-19-06 A Reminder about Medicare Preventive Services Provider Education Products - An Overview of Medicare Preventive Services Video (PE200610-10)
10-19-06 Communications Infrastructure Testing (CR5336)
10-18-06 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Media Changes (CR# 5225)
10-17-06 Holding of Pancreas Transplant Alone (PA) Claims - Amendment to MLN Matters Article MM5093 (SE0674 )
10-17-06 October 2006 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS): Summary of Payment Policy Changes (MM5304)
10-17-06 Ending the Contingency Plan for Remittance Advice (RA) and Charging for PC Print, Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP), and Duplicate RAs (MM5308)
10-17-06 Notifying Medicare Patients about Lifetime Reserve Days (LRDs) Provider Types Affected (SE0663)
10-17-06 Pancreas Transplants Alone (PA) (CR5093)
10-17-06 October Update to the 2006 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Database (CR# 5272)
10-17-06 NPI: Get It. Share It. Use It. September 26 National Provider Identifier (NPI) Roundtable Transcript Available Now (PE200610-07)
10-17-06 October 2006 Non-Outpatient Prospective Payment System Outpatient Code Editor (Non-OPPS OCE) Specifications Version 22.0 (CR5256)
10-16-06 Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Inpatient Psychiatric Facility (IPF) PPS Changes (CR#5276)
10-16-06 New CERT Call/Letter Schedule
10-12-06 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Annual Update: Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Changes for FY 2007 (CR# 5273)
10-09-06 2007 Annual Update of HCPCS Codes for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) (CR# 5283)
10-09-06 Psychological and Neuropsychological Tests (CR# 5204)
10-06-06 Important Information for 835 Remittance Receivers
10-04-06 October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM)
10-04-06 Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing Web-Based Training Course (PE200610-03)
10-03-06 Flu Shot Reminder
10-02-06 New Mailing Addresses for Payments (Revised)
09-29-06 CMS Announces Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Redetermination Information (SE0668)
09-28-06 Reminder: Nine-Day Payment Hold (JSM-06696) P D F document
09-28-06 October 2006 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing File, Effective October 1, 2006, and Revisions to April 2006 and July 2006 Quarterly ASP Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files (CR5270)
09-28-06 Termination of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Code G0107, Colorectal Cancer Screening, Fecal-Occult Blood Tests (FOBT), 1-3 Simultaneous Determinations (MM5292)
09-28-06 NPI: Get It. Share It. Use It. (PE-200609-14)
09-28-06 NPI - Will You Be Ready? (PE200609-13)
09-28-06 Important NPI Claims Processing Information - Message to Medicare Providers, Billers, Clearinghouse, and Vendors (PE200609-15)
09-27-06 Important Information Regarding the Submission of NPIs on the 837 Institutional Health Care Claim After October 2, 2006
09-25-06 Web Site Quick Tips - Production Issue Alert
09-25-06 Implementation of New Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes and Fee Schedule Amounts for Power Mobility Devices(PMDs) (JSM-06688)
09-25-06 2006 - 2007 Influenza (Flu) Season Resources for Health Care Professionals (SE0667)
09-25-06 Change in Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) for Renal Dialysis Facilities and Hospitals Billing for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Related Epoetin Alfa (EPO) Effective January 1, 2007 (CR5216)
09-25-06 Flu Shot Reminder (200609-11)
09-22-06 ~ An Overview of Medicare Preventive Services Video ~ (200609-08)
09-22-06 National Recovery Contractor for New Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Recovery Claims (JSM)-06686
09-22-06 (*Archived 09/27/2006)October 2006 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing File, Effective October 1, 2006, and Revisions to January 2006, April 2006, and July 2006 Quarterly ASP Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files (CR5270)
09-22-06 Immunization: Promoting Prevention for a Healthier Life (200609-10)
09-22-06 FISS Online Screen Changes for NPI on October 2, 2006
09-21-06 Medicare Telehealth Services (CR5201)
09-20-06 Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for October 2006 (CR5293)
09-20-06 (*Archived: 11/20/06) Reporting of Taxonomy Codes to Identify Provider Subparts on Institutional Claims (CR# 5243)
09-20-06 What's Preventing Your Electronic Claims From Being Accepted?
09-20-06 Medicare Provider Feedback Town Hall Meeting (SE0666)
09-18-06 Electronic Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Claims Out of Balance
09-15-06 Attention Medicare Part A Remittance Receivers - Nine-Day Hold Impact
09-14-06 NPI: Get It. Share It. Use It. (200609-06)
09-13-06 Medicare Provider Feedback Town Hall Meeting - September 20, 2006 - 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. EST (JSM-06667)
09-13-06 October Quarterly Update for 2006 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule (MM5255)
09-12-06 October 2006 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version 7.3 (MM5244)
09-08-06 Collection of Fee-for-Service Payments Made During Periods of Managed Care Enrollment (Previously CR2801 Program Memorandum Transmittal AB-03-101 - MANUALIZATION (MM5105)
09-08-06 Update to the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) for Rate Year 2007 (MM5129)
09-08-06 September Is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month! (PE200609-03)
09-08-06 CWF Edit E61#8 Update Based on CMS Instruction (JSM-06640)
09-08-06 Revisions to the Epoetin (EPO) and Aranesp Monitoring Policy (MM5251)
09-07-06 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 - Nine-Day Payment Hold (JSM-06549)
09-06-06 (* Archived: 05/11/07) Modification of National Provider Identifier (NPI) Editing Requirements in CR4023 and an Attachment to CR4320 (CR#: 5229)
09-06-06 9-Day Payment Hold P D F document
09-05-06 Clarification on Billing Requirements for Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Concurrent with the Placement of an FDA-approved Carotid Stent (CR# 5022)
09-05-06 (* Archived: 05/11/07) Stage 2 Requirements for Use and Editing of National Provider Identifier (NPI) Numbers Received in Electronic Data Interchange Transactions, via Direct Data Entry Screens or Paper Claim Forms (CR#: 4023)
09-05-06 (*Archived: 09/08/06) Collection of Fee-for-Service Payments Made During Periods of Managed Care Enrollment (Previously CR2801 Program Memorandum Transmittal AB-03-101) - MANUALIZATION (CR#: 5105)
09-05-06 Clarification of Billing for Separately Billable End Stage Renal Disease Drugs (CR# 3176)
09-01-06 Laboratory Competitive Bidding Demonstration (MM5205)
09-01-06 CMS Announces Outreach Conferences for Section 1011 (of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003): Federal Reimbursement of Emergency Health Services Furnished to Undocumented Aliens (SE0662)
09-01-06 Mass Adjustment of 22X & 23X Bill Types Containing Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) G0008, G0009, and G0010 with Dates of Service July 1, 2006 and Greater (SE0661)
08-30-06 CMS NPI Roundtable - September 26, 2006 (PE200608-13)
08-30-06 New This Fall - Medicare Parts A and B Will Mail MSNs Together
08-29-06 (* Archived: 05/11/07) Important Guidance Regarding National Provider Identifier (NPI) Usage in Medicare Claims (SE0659)
08-29-06 Correction of Business Requirement 4320.19 as Contained in CR4320 Regarding National Provider Identifier Information (CR#: 5217)
08-29-06 Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC) and Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC) Update (CR# 5212)
08-29-06 Reminder - Medicare Provides Coverage for Diabetes Screening Tests for Eligible Medicare Beneficiaries
08-25-06 Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Update for FY 2007 (MM5209 Revised)
08-25-06 (* Archived: 09/20/2006) Reporting of Taxonomy Codes to Identify Provider Subparts on Institutional Claims (MM5243)
08-25-06 (*Archived: 11/10/06) Uniform Billing (UB-04) Implementation - UB-92 Replacement (MM5072)
08-25-06 New Site for Medicare Provider Service Toll-Free Numbers (SE0655)
08-25-06 Medicare Part B versus Part D Drug Coverage Determinations (SE0652)
08-25-06 End of Contingency for Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) - Action (SE0656)
08-25-06 2007 Annual Update for the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Bonus Payments (MM5237)
08-25-06 Reminder: Nine-Day Hold on Medicare Payments (200608-12 )
08-24-06 NPI: Get It. Share It. Use It. (PE 200608-10)
08-16-06 Urgent Message to 835 FTP Remittance Receivers
08-16-06 Change to Medicare Redetermination Notice Process
08-15-06 Important Provider ID Submission/Receipt and IG Edit Information on Stage 2 NPI Implementation for Electronic Submitters
08-15-06 Part A Call Center Closing Early on August 16
08-11-06 A New Provider Education Product (PE200608-05)
08-11-06 Updated Web Site Wheels now Available for Order (PE200608-06)
08-10-06 PS&R Data Request Payments
08-09-06 (*Archived: 10/02/06) New Mailing Addresses for Payments
08-08-06 Preventive Services Web-Based Training Courses (PE200608-04)
08-07-06 Correction to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Enforcement if SNF Inpatient Claims Are Partially Noncovered (CR# 5220)
08-07-06 (*Archived 08/25/2006) Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Update for FY 2007 (CR# 5209)
08-07-06 (*Achived 09/25/2006) Change in Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) for Renal Dialysis Facilities and Hospitals Billing for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Related Epoetin Alfa (EPO) Effective January 1, 2007 (CR# 5216)
08-07-06 August Is National Immunization Awareness Month! (PE-200608-02)
08-07-06 Planned Release of a Request for Information (RFI) Concerning The Scope of Work and Specialty Activities that CMS Will Include in the Next Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Procurements (PE200608-03)
08-07-06 (* Archived: 05/11/07) Disclosure Desk Reference for Provider Contact Centers (MM5089)
08-04-06 Reporting of Service Units with HCPCS Codes (CR#: 5253)
08-02-06 Problem with 270/271 Health Care Eligibility Inquiry and Response Transaction (PE 200608-01)
08-02-06 CMS Awards the First of 15 Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to Process Both Part A & Part B Medicare Claims (PE 200607-17)
08-01-06 Modification to CWF Editing of the Existing Interrupted Stay Policy Under Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) (CR#: 5073)
08-01-06 NPI: Get It. Share It. Use It. (PE200607-15)
08-01-06 Medicare Nursing Home Payments to Increase in 2007, CMS Announces (PE200607-16)
07-31-06 Non-Application of Deductible for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests (CR#: 5127)
07-27-06 DRG Window Edits
07-27-06 Health Care Quality Leaders Join Forces (PE 200607-13)
07-27-06 (* Archived: 05/11/07) Stage 2 National Provider Identifier (NPI) Changes for Transaction 835, and Standard Paper Remittance Advice, and Changes in Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 22 - Remittance Advice (MM5081)
07-27-06 Medicare Announces Disaster Response Plan for Individuals with Kidney Failure (PE200607-14)
07-26-06 Together We Can Close the Prevention Gap! (PE 200607-11)
07-25-06 NPI ALERT!
07-21-06 Coverage for Lucentis™ (ranibizumab injection)
07-21-06 Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Claims (SE0631 Revised)
07-21-06 July 2006 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing File, Effective July 1, 2006, and Revisions to January 2006 and April 2006 Quarterly ASP Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files (MM5110 Revised)
07-20-06 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) of the Carotid Artery Concurrent with Stenting (CR5088)
07-20-06 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Interrupted Stays (SE0647)
07-19-06 Teleconferences on Various Topics Including NPI, E-Prescribing Pilot, and Electronic Health Records (PE200607-10)
07-19-06 Medicare Telehealth Services Update (MM5122)
07-18-06 Payment for Blood Clotting Factors Administered to Hemophilia Inpatients (CR# 4229)
07-18-06 835 V4010A1 Receivers
07-17-06 (* Archived: 07/18/06) Payment for Blood Clotting Factors Administered to Hemophilia Inpatients (CR# 4229)
07-17-06 Free Print Format of the Medicare Physician Guide Now Available on the CMS Web Site (PE200607-09)
07-12-06 The Pulse of CMS - Summer 2006 P D F document
07-12-06 (* Archived: 07/26/2006) Together We Can Close the Prevention Gap! (PE200607-05)
07-12-06 Important News Regarding HIPAA Contingency for Remittance Advice (PE200607-06)
07-12-06 Full Replacement of and Rescinding Change Request (CR) 3504 - Modification to Online Medicare Secondary Payer Questionnaire (MM4098 Revised)
07-12-06 Therapy Caps Exception Process (MM4364 Revised)
07-12-06 Announcement of a Dedicated National Provider Identifier (NPI) Web Page ( (JSM-06536)
07-12-06 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 - Nine-Day Payment Hold (JSM 06549)
07-12-06 (*Archived: 09/05/2006 Collection of Fee-for-Service Payments Made During Periods of Managed Care Enrollment (Previously CR2801 Program Memorandum Transmittal AB-03-101) - MANUALIZATION (MM5105 Revised)
07-12-06 Changes Conforming to Change Request 3648 for Therapy Services (MM4014 Revised)
07-12-06 Medicare Contractor Annual Update of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) (MM5142)
07-12-06 Issue with Correct Coding Initiative Code Pair 92526/G0283 (SE0636)
07-12-06 Medicare's Common Working File (CWF) Part C (Medicare Advantage Managed Care) Data Exchange and Data Display Changes (MM5118)
07-12-06 Medicare Provides Coverage for Many Preventive Services and Screenings (SE0630 Revised)
07-12-06 A/B MAC NEWS #1 - First Contract for a Part A/Part B Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) to Be Awarded in Near Future (SE0642)
07-12-06 Special Issues Associated with the Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) for Hospice Providers and Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORF) (MM5117)
07-12-06 Instructions for Medicare Credit Balance Reporting Activities (MM5084)
07-10-06 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 - Nine-Day Payment Hold (PE200607-01)
07-10-06 Non-Autologous Blood-Derived Products for Chronic Non-Healing Wounds
07-10-06 Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement (LADR) (MM5057)
07-07-06 Ending the HIPAA Contingency for Remittance Advice (SE0646)
07-07-06 Rules Governing Provider/Clearinghouse Protection of Medicare Beneficiary Eligibility Information (MM5138)
07-07-06 Claim Status Category Code and Claim Status Code Update (MM5137)
07-07-06 Billing of Temporary "C" HCPCS Codes by Non-Outpatient Prospective Payment System (Non-OPPS) Providers (MM5027)
07-07-06 New Use of Hospital Issued Notice of Noncoverage (HINN) (MM5070)
07-06-06 MMA - Payment for Islet Cell Transplantation in NIH-Sponsored Clinical Trials (CR# 5140)
07-06-06 (* Archived: 07/17/2006) Payment for Blood Clotting Factors Administered to Hemophilia Inpatients (MM4229)
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07-06-06 New Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Code (CR# 4222)
07-06-06 July 2006 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS): Summary of Payment Policy Changes (MM5121)
07-06-06 (*Archived: 09/08/06) Update to the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) for Rate Year 2007 (CR#: 5129)
07-06-06 Update - Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) Rate Year 2007 (MM5202)
07-05-06 Upcoming NPI Outreach Events (PE200606-13)
06-30-06 (*Archived: 07/21/06) July 2006 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing File, Effective July 1, 2006, and Revisions to January 2006 and April 2006 Quarterly ASP Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files (MM5110)
06-29-06 Use of the KX Modifier on Claims Submitted to the Fiscal Intermediary When Some Services Exceed the Therapy Caps (SE0637)
06-28-06 VMS Standard System Unavailability for Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERCs) (SE0640)
06-28-06 CMS Electronic Mailing List Fact Sheet (JSM-06504)
06-27-06 July Quarterly Update for 2006 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule (CR#: 5017)
06-27-06 MMA - Coverage for Home Use of Oxygen Included in Clinical Trials (CR#: 4389)
06-27-06 MMA - Method of Cost Settlement for Inpatient Services for Rural Hospitals Participating Under Demonstration Authorized by Section 410A of the Medicare Modernization Act (CR#: 5020)
06-27-06 Modifications to Online Medicare Secondary Payer Questionnaire: This CR Rescinds and Replaces CR4098 (CR#: 5087)
06-23-06 CMS Announces Proposed Changes to Physician Fee Schedule Methodology (PE200606-11)
06-23-06 Prevention Awareness Continues (PE200606-10)
06-15-06 National Men's Health Week
06-12-06 EMS Announces Campaign to Increase Use of Electronic Transaction for Claim Payment
06-07-06 Medicare Posts Hospital Payment Information Important Step toward Transparency in Health Care Costs and Quality (PE200606-03)