Archive of What's New from CMS

Date CMS
CR/JSM
Number		 News Item
December 2006
12/29/06   Implementation of Revised Fee Schedule Amounts for New Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Power Mobility Devices (PMDs) Globe to indicate www link.
12/29/06 MM5389 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Common Working File (CWF) Edit Bypass Instructions for Hospital Emergency Room Services Spanning Multiple Service Dates Globe to indicate www link.
12/29/06 MM5448 Legislative Change to the Update Factor for the 2007 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Extension of the Participating Enrollment Period Globe to indicate www link.
12/29/06 MM5303 Correction of Instructions for Calculating IRF Compliance Percentage Threshold Globe to indicate www link.
12/29/06 MM5386 Revisions to Procedures to Establish Good Cause and Qualified Independent Contractor (QIC) Jurisdictions Globe to indicate www link.
12/29/06 MM5325 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Teaching Adjustment Globe to indicate www link.
12/29/06 MM5437 January 2007 Non-Outpatient Prospective Payment System (Non-OPPS) Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version 22.1 Globe to indicate www link.
12/29/06 MM5426 Private Contracting- Definition of Physician/Practitioner Globe to indicate www link.
12/29/06 MM5425 January 2007 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version 8.0 Globe to indicate www link.
12/29/06 MM5243 Reporting of Taxonomy Codes to Identify Provider Subparts on Institutional Claims Globe to indicate www link.
12/29/06 MM5211 2007 Update of HCPCS Codes and Payments for Ambulatory Surgical Centers Globe to indicate www link.
12/21/06 MM5346 Remittance Advice Remark Code and Claim Adjustment Reason Code Update Globe to indicate www link.
12/21/06 MM5423 Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update for Calendar Year (CY) 2007Globe to indicate www link.
12/21/06 MM5359 Laboratory Competitive Bidding Demonstration - Revised Globe to indicate www link.
12/20/06   Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet Now Available
12/20/06   NPI: Get It. Share It. Use It.
12/20/06 MM5413 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 Globe to indicate www link.
12/20/06 MM5421 Infrared Therapy Devices Globe to indicate www link.
12/19/06   Quick Reference Information: Medicare Immunization Billing Chart Available to Order
12/19/06   New Web-based Training Course for Professional Providers
12/19/06 MM5402 Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) Globe to indicate www link.
12/15/06   Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet Now Available
12/15/06 JSM7145 Implementation of Revised Fee Schedule Amounts for New HCPCS Codes for Power Mobility Devices
12/13/06 MM5435 Announcement of Medicare Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) Payment Rate Increases Globe to indicate www link.
12/12/06   Hospice Payment System Fact Sheet Now Available
12/12/06 MM5407 Implementation of Changes in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Payment for Calendar Year (CY) 2007 Globe to indicate www link.
12/12/06 MM5417 Fee Schedule Update for 2007 for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Globe to indicate www link.
12/12/06 MM5362 2007 Annual Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment Globe to indicate www link.
12/12/06 MM5294 Cavernous Nerves Electrical Stimulation with Penile Plethysmograph - Revised Globe to indicate www link.
12/12/06 MM5235 Implementation of a One-Time Only Ultrasound Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA), Resulting from a Referral from an Initial Preventive Physical Examination - Revised Globe to indicate www link.
12/07/06   Flu Shot Reminder
12/06/06 MM5294 Cavernous Nerves Electrical Stimulation with Penile Plethysmograph Globe to indicate www link.
12/06/06 MM5211 2007 Update of HCPCS Codes and Payments for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) Globe to indicate www link.
12/06/06 MM5271 Outpatient Therapy Cap Exceptions Clarifications – Revised Globe to indicate www link.
12/06/06 MM5243 Reporting of Taxonomy Codes to Identify Provider Subparts on Institutional Claims – Revised Globe to indicate www link.
12/05/06 MM5382 Reasonable Charge Update for 2007 for Splints, Casts, Dialysis Supplies, Dialysis Equipment, and Certain Intraocular Lenses Globe to indicate www link.
12/05/06 MM5334 Revised American National Standards Institute (ANSI) X12N 837 Institutional Health Care Claim Companion Document Globe to indicate www link.
12/05/06 MM5378 Claims Submitted With Only a National Provider Identifier (NPI) During the Stage 2 NPI Transition Period Globe to indicate www link.
12/05/06 MM5327 New 2007 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Mammography Codes Globe to indicate www link.
12/05/06 MM5359 Laboratory Competitive Bidding Demonstration – Revised Globe to indicate www link.
12/05/06 MM5235 Implementation of an Ultrasound Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) – Revised Globe to indicate www link.
12/05/06   Home Health Agency Medicare Cost Report Collection of Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) Codes
12/01/06 JSM7071 Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Annual Election of Method II for Outpatient Services
12/01/06 JSM7067 Holding Claims with 13X Type of Bill (TOB) Containing Diagnostic and/or Screening Mammography Services
12/01/06   Extension of Due Date for Filing End Stage Renal Dialysis (ESRD) Provider Cost Reports
November 2006
11/27/06 MM5347 Common Working File (CWF) Duplicate Claim Edit for the Technical Component (TC) of Radiology and Pathology Laboratory Services Provided to Hospital Patients Globe to indicate www link.
11/27/06 MM5359 Laboratory Competitive Bidding Demonstration Globe to indicate www link.
11/27/06 MM5235 Implementation of an Ultrasound Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) Globe to indicate www link.
11/21/06 MM5344 Notification and Testing of an Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) for the July 2007 Release Globe to indicate www link.
11/21/06   The Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet Now Available
11/21/06   NPI: Get It. Share It. Use It.
11/20/06 JSM7074 Additional Information About the Implementation of HCPCS Codes and Fee Schedule Amounts for Power Mobility Devices Globe to indicate www link.
11/20/06 MM5271 Outpatient Therapy Cap Exceptions Clarifications Globe to indicate www link.
11/20/06 MM5376 Clarification on Billing for Cryosurgery of the Prostate Gland Globe to indicate www link.
11/20/06 MM5243 Reporting of Taxonomy Codes to Identify Provider Subparts on Institutional Claims - Revised Globe to indicate www link.
11/17/06 CR5316 Claim Status Category Code and Claim Status Code Update
11/10/06 JSM7064 Update to the Implementation of HCPCS Codes and Fee Schedule Amounts for Power Mobility Device
11/08/06   Information Regarding Fix to Correct National Provider Identifier (NPI) Information Within The 837 Institutional Crossover Claim Files
11/08/06 MM5358 Ambulance Inflation Factor for CY 2007 Globe to indicate www link.
11/08/06 MM5354 New Edits Established to Enforce Proper Transfer Coding and Payment in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) Claims Globe to indicate www link.
11/08/06 MM5341 Returning Paper Claims Received From Clearinghouses Globe to indicate www link.
11/08/06 MM5263 Reporting and Payment of No-Cost and Reduced-Cost Devices Furnished by Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) HospitalsGlobe to indicate www link.
11/08/06 MM5072 Uniform Billing (UB-04) Implementation - UB-92 Replacement - Revised Globe to indicate www link.
11/08/06 MM5356 Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated illing Enforcement Globe to indicate www link.
11/08/06 SE0582 MMA - Sunset of the Provider Nomination Provision and the olicy to Assign Providers to the Local Fiscal Intermediary (FI) Globe to indicate www link.
11/06/06 MM4147 MMA - Reopenings and Revisions of Claim Determinations and Decisions Globe to indicate www link.
11/02/06   November is American Diabetes Month
11/02/06   Get Your Flu Shot!
11/02/06 MM5384 Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for January 2007 Globe to indicate www link.
11/02/06 MM5085 Changes to the Process for Recovering Medicare Payments for Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Claims Failing to Report Prior Hospitalizations Globe to indicate www link.
11/02/06 MM5345 Application Update to Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance and Premium Rates for 2007 Globe to indicate www link.
11/02/06 MM5039 Line Item Billing Requirement for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Claims Globe to indicate www link.
11/02/06 MM5254 Update to the Hospice Payment Rates, Hospice Cap, Hospice Wage Index and the Hospice Pricer for FY 2007 - Revised Globe to indicate www link.

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