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News From CMS

07/03/08 - Expiration of Therapy Cap Exceptions

07/02/08 - Questions and Answers (Qs & As) Regarding the Holding of Claims Paid Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)

06/30/08 - Hold On Claims Paid Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)

06/25/08 - July 2008 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Globe to indicate www link.

06/25/08 - Screening Pelvic Examination Globe to indicate www link.

06/19/08 - Reminder-Medicare Provides Coverage of Diabetes Screening Tests Globe to indicate www link.

06/19/08 - Direct Data Entry of Part A Claims With Rates

06/19/08 - I New "K" Code for Replacement Interface Material Globe to indicate www link.

06/19/08 - Hospitals Exempt from Present on Admission (POA) Reporting (i.e. non-Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals) and the Grouper Globe to indicate www link.

 

News From Cahaba

07/01/08 - Part A Alabama CERT Findings for Insufficient Laboratory and/or Diagnostic Documentation

06/27/08 - Presentation: HIGLAS - Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System

06/24/08 - Widespread Probe Notification – FI - Notice to Provider of Upcoming Widespread Review of CPT 86141 C-Reactive Protein; High Sensitivity (hsCRP), TOB 13X - CORRECTION

06/24/08 - Widespread Probe Notification – FI - Notice to Providers of Upcoming Widespread Review of CPT 86140 C-Reactive Protein, TOB 13X - CORRECTION

06/23/08 - Widespread Probe Notification – FI – Notice to Providers of Upcoming Widespread Review of CPT 99291 Critical Care, Evaluation and Management of the Critically Ill or Injured Patient; First 30-74 minutes, TOB 13X

06/23/08 - Widespread Probe Notification – FI – Notice to Providers of Upcoming Widespread Review of TOB 75X CORF