Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quick Links
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have a vast amount of information available online. Here are some links to prominent areas of their site:
- Claim Status Category Codes and Claim Status Codes
- CMS Central Provider Web Page
- CMS Electronic Billing and EDI Transactions
- CMS Forms
- CMS Home Page
- CMS Internet Only Manual System
- CMS ICD 10 Overview
- CMS Mailing Lists
- CMS Regional Office Contacts
- CMS Transmittals
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) / Federal Register
- Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT)
- Conditions of Participations (COPs)
- Coordination of Benefits-General Information
- Electronic Billing & EDI Transactions
- Fraud and Abuse
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
- Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)
- HCPCS Coding Questions
- Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE)
- ICD-9 Provider & Diagnostic Codes
- Managed Care Organization Addresses for Claims Processing
- Manuals and Transmittals
- Medicare Advantage (MA) Organizations
- Medicare-Approved Transplant Centers
- Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS)

- Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS) (CMS link)

- Medicare Learning Network
- Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters Articles
- Medicare Part A Remittance Advice Reason Codes and Remark Codes
- CMS has developed a new tool to help you search for a specific category of codes at http://www.cmsremarkcodes.info.
Note this Web site does not replace the WPC site (directly above) and, should there be any discrepancies between this site and the WPC site, consider
the WPC site to be correct. - Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Lookup
- Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Information for Providers
- Medicare Preventive Services
- National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Edits
- National Plan and Provider Enumeration System

- Practice Administration Information Resource Center
- Press Releases
- Provider Resource Center (Fee-For-Service)
- Qualified Independent Contractor (QIC) Maximus

- Quarterly Provider Update
- Sanctioned Providers and Suppliers
- Survey & Certification—General Information (State Agency Contacts)
- The Pulse of CMS
- Understanding the Remittance Advice: A Guide for Medicare Providers, Physicians, Suppliers and Billers

- United States Treasury Department Prompt Pay Interest Rates
CMS Provider/Service Quick Links
- Ambulance Services
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC)
- Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies
- Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA)
-
End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Information Resource
- Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)
- Hospitals
- Acute Inpatient

- Outpatient Prospective Payment System
- Critical Access Hospitals

- Long-term Care Hospital

- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
- Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPF) Prospective Payment System (PPS)

- Mammography Services
- Physicians
- Recovery Audit Contractor
- Rural Health Centers
- Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) PPS
Page last updated: April 30, 2010