What's New From the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

JSM = CMS Joint Signature Memorandum
MM = Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters Article
SE = CMS Special Edition Article

September 2008

Date	CR/JSM Number	Article
09/17/08	MM6175	Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule-Medicare Travel Allowance Fees for Collection of Specimens
09/17/08	MM6183	Limitation on Recoupment (935) for Provider, Physicians and Suppliers Overpayments
09/17/08	MM6179	New Waived Tests
09/17/08	MM6175	October 2008 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files
09/17/08	MM6136	Revised Form CMS-R-131 Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage
09/17/08	MM6122	Indicator for the Technical Component of Purchased Diagnostic Services
09/17/08	MM6093	National Provider Identifier (NPI) for Secondary Providers
09/17/08	MM6079	Pneumococcal Pneumonia, Influenza Virus, and Hepatitis B Vaccines
09/05/08	MM6185	Medicare Coverage of Artificial Hearts
09/05/08	MM6180	October Update to the 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)
09/05/08	MM6150	2009 Annual Update for the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Bonus Payments
09/05/08	MM6100	Physician Signature Requirements for Diagnostic Tests
09/05/08	MM6099	Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging for Infection and Inflammation
09/05/08	MM6048	Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
09/03/08		Hurricane Gustav Question and Answers

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