2009 News Archives
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For the week of 10/26/09
- Rate Year (RY) 2010 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) Personal Computer (PC) Pricers Released (CMS Learnresource) (10/28/09)
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) National Provider Call with Question and Answer Session (CMS Learnresource) (10/28/09)
- FDG PET for Solid Tumors and Myeloma (Revised CMS MLN Matters)
(10/28/09) - Coverage of Inpatient Rehabilitation Services (CMS MLN Matters) (10/28/09)
- Surgery for Diabetes National Coverage Determination (NCD) (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (10/28/09)
- Coverage Of Inpatient Rehabilitation Services (CMS Transmittal) (10/26/09)
- 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative National Provider Call to be Held on November 10, 2009! (CMS Learnresource) (10/26/09)
- Revised Medicare Learning Network Publications (CMS Learnresource) (10/26/09)
- Submitting Medical Records When Requested (10/26/09)
- Reason Code 31608 Update (10/26/09)
For the week of 10/19/09
- Attention Former Mutual of Omaha Providers (Now Serviced by WPS Medicare) Located in California, Nevada, and Hawaii (10/21/09)
- Annual Clotting Factor Furnishing Fee Update (CMS MLN Matters) (10/21/09)
- Protect your patients and yourself from influenza: Get Vaccinated! (CMS Learnresource) (10/21/09)
- FDG PET for Solid Tumors and Myeloma (CMS MLN Matters) (10/21/09)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (CMS MLN Matters) (10/21/09)
- Ensuring Only Clinical Trial Services Receive Fee-for-Service (FFS) Payment on Claims Billed for Managed Care Beneficiaries (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (10/21/09)
- Alternative Process for Individual Eligible Professionals to Access Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and Electronic Prescribing (E-Prescribing) Feedback Reports (CMS Special Edition MLN Matters) (10/21/09)
- Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS-C) National Provider Call to be held on October 22, 2009! (CMS Learnresource) (10/19/09)
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Updates Hospital Outpatient Department Payment Information for Value-Driven Health Care (CMS Learnresource) (10/19/09)
- Flu Message (CMS Learnresource) (10/19/09)
- Revised Rural Health Publications (CMS Learnresource) (10/19/09)
- October 2009 Quarterly Provider Specific File Update (CMS Learnresource) (10/19/09)
- Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) Software Version 2.7 is Available (CMS Learnresource) (10/19/09)
- Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative Provides Roadmap to Reach Goal of 66% (CMS Learnresource) (10/19/09)
- Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Messages (CMS Learnresource) (10/19/09)
- Health Information Technology News - A Message from Dr. Blumenthal on Meaningful Use (CMS Learnresource) (10/19/09)
- Submission of Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Claims (10/19/09)
- Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Common Reasons for Denial (10/19/09)
For the week of 10/12/09
- UPDATE Reason Code 32511 (10/14/09)
- 2009 - 2010 Seasonal Influenza (Flu) Resources for Health Care Professionals (Revised CMS Special Edition MLN Matters) (10/14/09)
- REMINDER: 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative National Provider Call to be held on October 15, 2009! (CMS Learnresource) (10/14/09)
- Holding of Claims with Reason Code U6803 (10/12/09)
- Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) PPS, and Inpatient Psychiatric Facility (IPF) PPS Changes (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (10/12/09)
- Clarification of the Use of Modifiers When Billing "Wrong Surgery on a Patient" (CMS Special Edition MLN Matters) (10/12/09)
- Five-Star Quality Rating System - October News (CMS Learnresource) (10/12/09)
For the week of 10/05/09
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) - Town Hall Meeting & Special Open Door Forum (CMS Learnresource) (10/07/09)
- Nursing Home Quality Measure Development Technical Expert Panel (TEP) (CMS Learnresource) (10/07/09)
- Influenza Vaccine Payment Allowances - Annual Update for 2009-2010 Season (CMS MLN Matters) (10/07/09)
- Activation of New Coordination of Benefits Agreement (COBA) Trading Partner Dispute Error Code Within the National Crossover Process (CMS MLN Matters) (10/05/09)
- Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility Manual (CMS MLN Matters) (10/05/09)
- 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) (10/05/09)
- New USP Standards for Heparin Products Will Result in Decreased Potency For CMS Providers and Interested Health Care Advocates (CMS Learnresource) (10/05/09)
- CMS Updates Physician Payment Information for Value-Driven Health Care (CMS Learnresource) (10/05/09)
- 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative National Provider Call to be held on October 15, 2009! (CMS Learnresource) (10/05/09)
- WPS Medicare Guidance on Provider Signature Requirements for Medical Documentation (10/05/09)
- Submission of Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Claims (10/05/09)
For the week of 09/28/09
- Mass-Adjustment of Specified Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Transplant Claims Paid an Outlier (CMS Memorandum) (09/30/09)
- Revised ICD-10-CM/PCS: An Introduction Fact Sheet (CMS Learnresource) (09/30/09)
- Medicare Provider Feedback Town Hall Meeting (CMS Learnresource) (09/30/09)
- Quarterly Provider Update (09/30/09)
- Billing for an Ambulance Transport with More than One Patient Onboard (CMS MLN Matters) (09/30/09)
- Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) PPS, and Inpatient Psychiatric Facility (IPF) PPS Changes (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (09/30/09)
- Special Open Door Forum: Medicare Imaging Demonstration Project (CMS Learnresource) (09/28/09)
For the week of 09/21/09
- Reason Code 32511 (09/24/09)
- 2009 Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS) Results Available (CMS Learnresource) (09/24/09)
- Steps to Accessing CMS Enterprise Applications for Provider Organizations (CMS Learnresource) (09/23/09)
- Claims Involving Beneficiaries Who Have Elected Hospice Coverage (09/23/09)
- 2009 - 2010 Seasonal Influenza (Flu) Resources for Health Care Professionals (CMS Special Edition MLN Matters) (09/23/09)
- Revised Processing of Osteoporosis Drugs under the Home Health Benefit (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (09/23/09)
- Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), and Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) Update (CMS MLN Matters) (09/23/09)
- 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) (09/23/09)
- Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) PPS, and Inpatient Psychiatric Facility (IPF) PPS Changes (CMS MLN Matters) (09/23/09)
- CMS Proposes New Prospective Payment System for Renal Dialysis Facilities (CMS Learnresource) (09/21/09)
- 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) & Electronic Prescribing (E-Prescribing) Incentive Program Updates! (CMS Learnresource) (09/21/09)
- Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Release Information for October 2009 (09/21/09)
For the week of 09/14/09
- Enhancements/Updates to NPPES Effective on/after September 13, 2009 (CMS Learnresource) (09/16/09)
- Revised Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (CMS Learnresource) (09/16/09)
- Influenza Pandemic Emergency -- The Medicare Program Prepares (Revised CMS Special Edition MLN Matters) (09/16/09)
- Medicare Fee-for-Services (MFFS) Billing for the Administration of the Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Vaccine (Revised CMS Special Edition MLN Matters) (09/16/09)
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Annual Update: Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Changes for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (09/16/09)
- Claims Submitted for Items or Services Furnished to Medicare Beneficiaries in State or Local Custody under a Penal Authority and Examples of Application of Government Entity Exclusion (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (09/16/09)
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (CMS Learnresource) (09/14/09)
- Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (CMS Learnresource) (09/14/09)
- Screening Computed Tomography Colonography (CTC) for Colorectal Cancer (CMS MLN Matters) (09/14/09)
- 2010 Annual Update of HCPCS Codes for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) for the Common Working File (CWF), A/B MACs, Medicare Carriers and Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs) (CMS MLN Matters) (09/14/09)
For the week of 09/07/09
- September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (CMS Learnresource) (09/08/09)
- 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative National Provider Call to be held on September 17, 2009! (CMS Learnresource) (09/08/09)
- Medicare Coverage and Reimbursement Rules for the H1N1 Vaccine and Seasonal Flu Coverage and Reimbursement (CMS Learnresource) (09/08/09)
- H1N1 Code Effective Date Change (CMS Memorandum) (09/08/09)
- October Update to the 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) (Revised CMS MLN Matters) (09/08/09)
- Billing for the Administration of the Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Vaccine (CMS Special Edition MLN Matters) (09/08/09)
- Vaccine Administration (09/08/09)
For the week of 08/31/09
- Medicare Payment for Ambulance Services Furnished by Certain Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) (08/31/09)
For the week of 08/24/09
- Reason Code 32404 (08/27/09)
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Local Coverage Determination (LCD) (08/26/09)
For the week of 08/03/09
- Mass-Adjusting Calendar Year (CY) 2006-2008 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Claims Paid to Rural Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), including Essential Access Community Hospitals (EACHs), for Blood and Blood Products (CMS Memorandum) (08/03/09)
For the week of 07/06/09
For the week of 06/29/09
- Communiqué Update (07/01/09)
- Direct Data Entry (DDE) Screen Changes (06/29/09)
- FISS System Release Information for July 2009 (06/29/09)
- Quarterly Provider Update (06/29/09)
For the week of 06/01/09
For the week of 03/09/09
- Partial Hospitalization Claims (03/09/09)
For the week of 03/02/09
- Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) Enterprise Data Center (EDC) Sign On Procedures (03/06/09)
- Enterprise Data Center (EDC) Password Tips (03/06/09)
- Enterprise Data Entry (EDC) Identification (ID) Update (03/06/09)
- Periodic Interim Payments and Level Payments (03/04/09)
- Creation of Expert Claims Processing System (ECPS) Event for 76X Type of Bill (TOB) to Return to Provider (RTP) Partial Hospitalization Codes (03/02/09)
For the week of 02/16/09
- Website Satisfaction (02/16/09)
- Legacy Part A EDI update (02/16/09)
For the week of 02/09/09
For the week of 02/02/09
- Telehealth Claims Processing Problem (02/06/09)
- Have You Completed the Website Satisfaction Survey Lately? (02/02/09)
- Correct Use of Modifier 59 with Cytopathology Codes (02/02/09)
For the week of 01/26/09
- Have You Completed the ForeSee Survey? (01/26/09)
For the week of 01/19/09
- Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs) Demonstration Project (01/19/09)
- Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) (01/19/09)
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