| Date |
Headline |
| 10.10.2008 |
FY 2010 Hospital Wage Index PUF & Development Timetable |
| 10.07.2008 |
Medicare Publishes Billing Edits to Reduce Payment Errors |
| 09.16.2008 |
Iowa and Indiana Waivers Expire |
| 09.15.2008 |
NPPES User Maintenance Tips |
| 08.26.2008 |
Radiopharmaceutical Reporting Requirements |
| 08.19.2008 |
CMS End-Stage-Renal-Disease (ESRD) Network External Stakeholder Meetings |
| 08.15.2008 |
Attention MD/DCMA/DE Part B PC-ACE Customers: New PC-ACE Pro32 Version 1.94 Upgrade Available via Internet Download - UPGRADE NOW! |
| 08.07.2008 |
August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM)! |
| 08.07.2008 |
2007 PQRI Final Feedback Reports |
| 07.30.2008 |
Increased Payment for Ground Ambulance Services Under MIPPA |
| 07.28.2008 |
Claim Status and Eligibility Inquiries to the Contact Center |
| 07.17.2008 |
Reinstatement of the Moratorium That Allows Independent Laboratories to Bill for the TC of Physician Pathology Services Furnished to Hospital Patients |
| 07.16.2008 |
Extension of Therapy Cap Exceptions |
| 07.16.2008 |
New 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Payment Rates Effective for Dates of Service July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008 |
| 07.14.2008 |
ATTENTION Part B MD/DCMA/DE PC-ACE Pro32 Users Only: NEW Utility Is Now Available to Enter Your New Contractor Identification Number |
| 07.01.2008 |
Hold Claims Paid Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) |
| 06.23.2008 |
Medicare FFS NPI Update & Part B Issues Identified |
| 06.23.2008 |
July 1 is coming! Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program News |
| 06.09.2008 |
Register Now to Access Your 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Feedback Report |
| 06.03.2008 |
DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program - New Educational Products and Upcoming National Provider Call |
| 06.03.2008 |
The NPI is here. The NPI is now. Are you using it? NPI News for Medicare FFS Providers
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| 05.30.2008 |
2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) National Provider Conference Call with Question & Answer Session |
| 05.07.2008 |
May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month |
| 05.02.2008 |
J12 MAC Draft Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) |
| 05.01.2008 |
CMS to Host National Education Call on May 13th, 2008, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. EST |
| 04.29.2008 |
Audiologists Billing Medicare |
| 04.02.2008 |
When to Submit a CMS-855 Form |
| 03.19.2008 |
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month |
| 03.12.2008 |
Medicare Acceptance and Crossover to Medicaid the National Drug Codes (NDC) and Corresponding Quantities submitted on the CMS-1500 Claim Form |
| 03.03.2008 |
Revised Edit Message for NPI Edits M389 – M392 |
| 02.28.2008 |
Timed Therapy Codes |
| 02.26.2008 |
Bone Mass Measurements |
| 02.26.2008 |
Reminder - Effective March 1, 2008, when required for Medicare claim submission, all 837P and CMS-1500 claims must have an NPI or NPI/legacy pair in the required primary provider fields. Failure to include an NPI will cause the claim to reject.
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| 02.21.2008 |
Initial Hospital Observation Care Billing |
| 02.21.2008 |
Hospital Discharge Day Management Codes 99238 and 99239 |
| 02.21.2008 |
Consultations Often Billed Incorrectly |
| 02.19.2008 |
NPPES Information for Organization Providers and the Importance of "Complete" Medicare Enrollment Applications |
| 02.18.2008 |
Getting an NPI is free - Not Having One Can Be Costly. |
| 02.06.2008 |
Medicare Part B Drug Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP): Additional Physician Election Period for 2008 is Underway! |
| 02.05.2008 |
February is "American Heart Month" |
| 02.05.2008 |
New Look to EDI Enrollment Forms |
| 02.04.2008 |
Correction to Calendar Year (CY) 2008 Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment for Brachytherapy Sources |
| 01.31.2008 |
Delay In Posting Part B Draft Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) For Comment |
| 01.30.2008 |
New Edits for Prior Authorization or Referral Claims |
| 01.29.2008 |
Attention Part B Providers: The NPI is Required Effective March 1, 2008 |
| 01.22.2008 |
Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) - Ask the Contractor Teleconference and Additional Physician Election Period |
| 01.16.2008 |
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) - Clarification from CMS |
| 01.16.2008 |
Medicare Part B Drug Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP): Additional 2008 Physician Election Period and Impact on Carriers |
| 01.15.2008 |
Reduce practice expenses – Stop duplicate submissions |
| 01.14.2008 |
Audio conference/Q&A session regarding Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies |
| 01.11.2008 |
New NPI Edits for Secondary Providers |
| 01.08.2008 |
Medicare Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) for Physicians Updates |
| 01.08.2008 |
MEDICARE HEALTH AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN ENROLLEES EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE SMOOTH TRANSITION TO 2008
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| 01.07.2008 |
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month |
| 01.07.2008 |
Reporting for the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) begins January 1, 2008 |
| 12.20.2007 |
Start Testing Your Medicare Claims Now & Important Reminders |
| 12.06.2007 |
2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) National Provider Question & Answer Session |
| 12.05.2007 |
NPI Enumerator Clarification |
| 12.05.2007 |
Medicare Diabetes Coverage |
| 11.29.2007 |
New Edits for Incorrect Reporting of the Organization Name |
| 11.28.2007 |
Important NPI Information |
| 11.15.2007 |
Retirement of Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) |
| 11.08.2007 |
2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Update |
| 11.05.2007 |
Important NPI Information for Medicare Providers |
| 11.05.2007 |
November is American Diabetes Month |
| 10.25.2007 |
Important NPI Information for Medicare Providers |
| 10.18.2007 |
New NPI Rejections Effective October 29, 2007 |
| 10.12.2007 |
Bone Mass Measurements |
| 10.09.2007 |
Coding for Stripping Keratoplasty Procedures |
| 07.30.2007 |
Update on Payment for PET Scan Radioactive Tracers |
| 07.11.2007 |
Notifying Affected Parties Regarding Changes to the Mandatory (“Claim-Based”) Crossover Process |
| 06.26.2007 |
RedPath - PathFinder TG |
| 06.13.2007 |
Oncologic In Vitro Chemoresponse Assays |
| 05.21.2007 |
Speed payment of MSP claims |
| 10.03.2006 |
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) |
| 09.13.2006 |
Medicare Provider Feedback Town Hall Meeting |
| 08.24.2006 |
NPI: Get It. Share It. Use It. |
| 08.15.2006 |
Preventive Services Web-Based Training Courses |
| 08.07.2006 |
August is National Immunization Awareness Month! |
| 08.07.2006 |
Planned Release of a Request for Information (RFI) Concerning The Scope of Work and Specialty Activities that CMS Will Include in the Next Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Procurements |
| 06.27.2006 |
CMS Accounces Proposed Changes To Physician Fee Schedule Methodology |
| 06.16.2006 |
National Men's Health Week |
| 06.08.2006 |
Ask the Contractor Teleconference for CAP |
| 06.08.2006 |
CAP Physician Election Enrollment Forms - Reminders |
| 06.01.2006 |
National Provider Identifier (NPI) |
| 05.25.2006 |
Important Information Regarding Provider Enrollment and the National Provider Identifier (NPI) |
| 05.12.2006 |
Physician Recertification of Home Health Services |
| 05.09.2006 |
Radiopharmaceutical Diagnostic Imaging Agents for PET Scans |
| 05.09.2006 |
Coding Drug Administration Services for Payment Under the CY 2006 OPPS |
| 05.09.2006 |
Moderate (Conscious) Sedation Codes 99143 - 99145 |
| 05.03.2006 |
Electronic File Interchange (EFI) is now available for bulk enumeration of National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) |
| 05.02.2006 |
Revised CMS-855 Applications Now Available |
| 04.13.2006 |
New Information for All Medicare Participating Providers in Pennsylvania |
| 04.11.2006 |
Medicare Reimbursement Guidelines for Anesthesiology Services Performed Concurrently with Medical Direction – Q & A |
| 04.10.2006 |
NPI Required on Enrollment Applications |
| 04.07.2006 |
Revised Health Insurance Claim Form CMS-1500 |
| 03.24.2006 |
Ambulance Medical Conditions List |
| 03.17.2006 |
March is National Kidney Month |
| 03.10.2006 |
Implementation of the Financial Limitation for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services - Exception Process |
| 03.08.2006 |
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Message |
| 03.08.2006 |
Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) |
| 03.08.2006 |
NPI Information for Providers |
| 02.22.2006 |
Collection and Verification of Ambulance Crew Member Information |
| 02.17.2006 |
National Heart Month |
| 02.13.2006 |
Second Participation Enrollment Period |
| 02.09.2006 |
Enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 |
| 02.01.2006 |
Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone (LHRH) implants for Prostatic Cancer Treatment |
| 01.27.2006 |
Important Message - Medicare Special Needs Plans |
| 01.26.2006 |
Medicare Payment for Preadministration Services Associated with IVIG |
| 01.20.2006 |
Clinical Trials |
| 01.06.2006 |
Weekly Physician Open Q&A conference call for the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit |
| 01.05.2006 |
CMS Launches First Survey of Provider Satisfaction with Medicare Fee-For-Service Contractors |
| 01.04.2006 |
Therapy Caps Effective January 1, 2006 |
| 01.03.2006 |
Investigational Device Exemptions (IDEs) |
| 12.14.2005 |
The Appeal Process Effective January 1, 2006 |
| 12.08.2005 |
December 2005 Medicare Report Correction |
| 12.06.2005 |
2006 HCPCS Update Corrections |
| 11.28.2005 |
2006 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database Revisions |
| 11.16.2005 |
Reasonable Charge Update for 2006 Splint and Cast Codes |
| 11.04.2005 |
Updates to Allowances for the Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccines |
| 11.02.2005 |
Manual Update on Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) Services |
| 10.21.2005 |
Radiopharmaceuticals Diagnostic Imaging Agents Applicable to PET Scans |
| 09.27.2005 |
Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunizations |
| 08.31.2005 |
October Update to the 2005 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database |
| 08.15.2005 |
LCD A-4 Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC) |
| 08.11.2005 |
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Provider Address Website is Now Available |
| 08.01.2005 |
Annual Dear Doctor Letter, Par Agreement, and New Fees to be on CD-ROM for 2006 |
| 05.26.2005 |
NPI Enumeration Has Started |
| 05.24.2005 |
Providers Instructions for Notifying Highmark Medicare Services to Override Automated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) or Physician Scarcity (PSA) Bonus Payments for Globally Billed Services |
| 05.16.2005 |
Hospice Services/Billing Reminders |
| 04.25.2005 |
Medicare Coverage of Cardiac Pacemaker Evaluation Services |
| 04.15.2005 |
Revised Medicare Coverage of PET scans |
| 04.12.2005 |
New Coding for FDG PET Scans and Expanded Coverage for Cervical Cancer |
| 04.01.2005 |
Medicare Coverage of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) |
| 03.31.2005 |
New Contractor for Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Program Medical Record Requests |
| 03.28.2005 |
News on Claim Rejection “Beneficiary Cannot be identified” |
| 03.24.2005 |
Purchased Diagnostic Tests Billing Change |
| 03.23.2005 |
New HCPCS Codes for Contrast Agents (Updated) |
| 03.15.2005 |
Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) Therapy |
| 03.15.2005 |
Reporting of Unlisted or Not Otherwise Classified (NOC) Drug Codes |
| 03.09.2005 |
Update to Highmark Medicare Services's February 1, 2005 Drug Administration Coding Article - J1745 |
| 03.08.2005 |
1st Update to the 2005 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database |
| 02.09.2005 |
Claim Submission Tips for New G-codes (Drug Administration and Chemotherapy Demonstration Project) |
| 02.01.2005 |
2005 Drug Administration Coding Revisions - G-codes (Revised) |
| 01.27.2005 |
Medicare Drug Benefit & Medicare Advantage Program Final Rules |
| 01.13.2005 |
Medicare Part B Enrollment for TRICARE-Eligible Beneficiaries |
| 01.10.2005 |
Are You Receiving Claim Rejections for Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) or Physician Scarcity Area (PSA) Bonus Payment Billing Errors and Don't Know Why? |
| 01.06.2005 |
Ambulance Condition Codes |
| 12.29.2004 |
Important Provider Enrollment Fraud Alert |
| 12.9.2004 |
Drug Administration "G" code Crosswalks, Effective January 1, 2005 |
| 10.5.2004 |
PET Scans for Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| 08.17.2004 |
Billing for Home Care and Domiciliary Visits |
| 07.20.2004 |
Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Trauma Diagnosis |
| 07.01.2004 |
Payment to Bank |
| 06.25.2004 |
Ambulance Transports "To" and "From" a Physicians Office |
| 06.08.2004 |
Incident-To Services submitted on CMS-1500 Claim Form |
| 05.28.2004 |
Implementation of New Medicare Redetermination Notice (MMA) |
| 03.23.2004 |
Pricing Update for Drug Exceptions |
| 03.23.2004 |
New "G" Codes for ESRD Related Services |
| 03.17.2004 |
Jurisdictional Pricing Revisions Effective 04/01/2004 |
| 03.02.2004 |
Reassignment - Payment for Services Provided Under a Contractual Agreement |
| 02.13.2004 |
Processing claims for referred services for an Independent Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory |
| 02.13.2004 |
April Quarterly Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing Enforcement |
| 02.13.2004 |
Therapy Codes Considered Separately Payable Physicians Services Under SNF Consolidated Billing |
| 02.10.2004 |
Thoracic Electrical Bioimpedance Coverage Claification |
| 02.10.2004 |
Medlearn Matters Provider Education Articles |
| 01.30.2004 |
New Enrollee Rights, New Provider Responsibilities in M+C Program |
| 01.30.2004 |
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Edit-Revised Criteria for Using the CB Modifier |
| 01.30.2004 |
Changes to Clinical Laboratory Test NCDs |
| 01.23.2004 |
Artificial Hearts and Related Devices - Coding Change |
| 01.23.2004 |
Jurisdictional Pricing Revisions |
| 01.20.2004 |
Treatment of Certain Dental Claims as a result of MMA |
| 01.20.2004 |
CCI Version 10.1 |
| 01.15.2004 |
New Codes for DMERCs |
| 01.08.2004 |
Opting Out of Medicare (Private Contracting) |
| 01.08.2004 |
Medicare Coding Guidelines for Darboepoetin Alpha and Epogen |
| 01.08.2004 |
Renewed Moratorium on Outpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Caps |
| 12.30.2003 |
Medicare Coding Guidelines for Aranesp |
| 12.30.2003 |
New Basis for Medicare Drug Payment Amounts Under Part B |
| 11.18.2003 |
Changes in Financial Limitations for 2004 |
| 10.29.2003 |
Jurisdictional Payment Revisions Effective April 1, 2004 |
| 10.29.2003 |
GY Modifier Usage For Clinical Laboratory Services |
| 07.02.2003 |
Collection of Fee-for-Service Payments Made During Periods of Managed Care Enrollment |
| 07.02.2003 |
Portable X-ray Transportation Services |
