Part B Medicare News Items
NOTE: All articles and announcements for the entire year are available on our Articles Archive Page
September 2010
- Upcoming North Carolina Provider Contact Center Closure - 09.02.10
- Upcoming Idaho Provider Contact Center Closure - 09.02.10
- The September 2010 Medicare Bulletin is now available - 9.02.10
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Consolidated Billing for Limited Part B Services - MLN Matters PDF Document MM7064 - 09.01.10
- Beneficiary-Submitted Claims - MLN Matters PDF Document MM6874 - 09.01.10
- Discarded Drugs and Biologicals Policy at Contractor Discretion - MLN Matters PDF Document MM7095 - 09.01.10
- Provider and Supplier Organizations: Have you Tried Internet-based PECOS for Your Medicare Enrollment Actions? - 09.01.10
August 2010
- Follow-Up National Provider Call Regarding ICD-10 Implementation in a 5010 Environment - 08.30.10
- Physicians and Non-Physician Practitioners: Have you Tried Internet-based PECOS for Your Medicare Enrollment Actions? - 08.30.10
- Upcoming Home Health, DME, and Hospice Open Door Forums (ODF) Regarding Pharmacies - 08.30.10
- Provider and Supplier Organizations: Have you Tried Internet-based PECOS for Your Medicare Enrollment Actions? - 08.30.10
- MDS 3.0 Training Materials Updates - 08.30.10
- CMS to Host Listening Session Regarding Confidential Feedback Reports and the Implementation of a Value-Based Payment Modifier for Physicians - 08.30.10
- The 3rd Quarter 2010 Medical Review Frequently Asked Questions are now available - 08.30.10
- Closing in on 120 Days and Counting Until January 2011 Target Testing for Version 5010 - 08.25.10
- 2010 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative & Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program National Provider Call with Question & Answer Session - 08.25.10
- Physical Therapists Are First Recipients Of CMS Comparative Billing Reports & Medicare Provider-Centered Comparative Billing Report (CBR) - 08.24.10
- Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), and Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) Update - MLN Matters PDF Document MM7089 - 08.24.10
- Payment for Implantable Tissue Markers (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Code A4648) and Implantable Radiation Dosimeters (HCPCS Code A4650) - MLN Matters PDF Document MM6968 - 08.24.10
- August Five Star Preview Reports - 08.24.10
- Electronic Health Record Incentives – Get the Facts from CMS - 08.24.10
- ICD-9-CM C&M Committee to Meet September 15 on ACA - 08.24.10
- ICD-10 Implementation in a 5010 Environment Follow-Up National Provider Call - 08.24.10
- Reminder: Ninth National Education Call on Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) Implementation of HIPAA Version 5010 and D.0 Transactions - 08.23.10
- North Carolina Webinar dates added! Register now for the "Facts & Findings from Recent Medicare Audits" Webinar! - 08.20.10
- Idaho Webinar dates added! Register now for the "Facts & Findings from Recent Medicare Audits" Webinar! - 08.20.10
- Special Open Door Form: End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program Payment Year 2012: Proposed Rule Overview - 08.20.10
- Upcoming Idaho Provider Contact Center Closure - 08.20.10
- Upcoming North Carolina Provider Contact Center Closure - 08.20.10
- Holding of Claims Containing Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code 90662 FLUZONE (Influenza virus vaccine, split virus, preservative free, enhanced immunogenicity via increased antigen content, for intramuscular use) - 08.19.10
- Clarification of Billing Requirement for Ancillary Services Performed in the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) by Entities Other Than ASCs - MLN Matters PDF Document MM7078 - 08.19.10
- Physicians and Non-Physician Practitioners – Have you tried Internet-based PECOS for your Medicare enrollment actions? - 08.19.10
- Part B North Carolina Pre-Pay Article - 08.18.10
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services invites you to a listening session regarding the recent trend of Medicare beneficiaries receiving extended observation care as a hospital outpatient. - 08.17.10
- Small Provider Workshops Coming to North Carolina - 08.17.10
- Ninth National Education Call on Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) Implementation of HIPAA Version 5010 and D.0 Transactions - 08.16.10
- CMS Is Here to Help in the Transitions to Version 5010 and ICD-10 - 08.16.10
- Updates from the Medicare Learning Network - 08.16.10
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Special Open Door Forum: Developing Outpatient Therapy Payment Alternatives (DOTPA)- Data Collection Update -08.16.10
- Medical Record Retention and Media Formats for Medical Records - MLN Matters PDF Document SE1022 - 08.16.10
- Updates from the Medicare Learning Network - 08.16.10
- Recently Released MLN Matters Articles of Particular Interest - 08.16.10
- The 3rd Quarter 2010 Part B Not Otherwise Classified Drug Fee Schedule has been updated - 08.16.10
- Circulating Tumor Cell Marker Assays - 08.16.10
- REMINDER: Medicare & Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program Question and Answer Session for Hospitals and Eligible Professionals - Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 08.13.10
- Upcoming Idaho Provider Contact Center Closure - 08.12.10
- Upcoming North Carolina Provider Contact Center Closure - 08.12.10
- CMS Seeks Public Comments on Stroke Outcomes Measures Comments Accepted through Wednesday, August 18 - 08.12.10
- Special Open Door Forum: Developing Outpatient Therapy Payment Alternatives (DOTPA) - 08.12.10
- 2010 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative & Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program National Provider Call with Question & Answer Session - 08.12.10
- REVISED: Common Working File (CWF) Override Edit for Kidney Transplant Donor Claims When the Kidney Recipient is Deceased - MLN Matters PDF Document MM6978 - 08.11.10
- REVISED: Medicare Contractor Annual Update of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) - MLN Matters PDF Document MM7006 - 08.11.10
- Common Working File (CWF) Unsolicited Response Adjustments for Certain Claims Denied Due to an Open Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Group Health Plan (GHP) Record Where the GHP Record was Subsequently Deleted or Terminated - MLN Matters PDF Document MM6625 - 08.11.10
- CMS Seeks Public Comments on Hip and Knee Replacement - 08.10.10
- IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL MEDICARE PROVIDERS: Implementation of New Statutory Provision Pertaining to Medicare 3-Day Payment Window – Outpatient Services Treated as Inpatient - 08.10.10
- August is National Immunization Awareness Month - 08.09.10
- CMS to Host Listening Session Regarding Confidential Feedback Reports and the Implementation of a Value-Based Payment Modifier for Physicians - 08.09.10
- Medicare & Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program Question and Answer Session for Hospitals and Eligible Professionals on August 12, 2010 - 08.09.10
- Education Calls for Providers on the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs - 08.09.10
- Upcoming Idaho Provider Contact Center Training Closure - 08.09.10
- Part B Facebook® - 08.09.10
- SAVE THE DATE! ICD-10 Implementation in a 5010 Environment Follow-Up National Provider Call - 08.09.10
- The 2010 Ambulatory Surgical Center Fee Schedule has been updated to reflect new fees for dates of service 7/01/10 and forward, and is available under Option 2 of the Fee Schedule page - 08.09.10
- Attention Physicians: Oral Anticancer Drugs – Coverage Issue - 08.06.10
- Upcoming North Carolina Provider Contact Center Closure - 08.06.10
- Beneficiary Name and Heath Insurance Claim number Mismatches - 08.06.10
- Definition of Ambulance Services - MLN Matters PDF Document MM7058 - 08.05.10
- Timely Claims Filing: Additional Instructions - MLN Matters PDF Document MM7080 - 08.05.10
- Common Working File (CWF) Override Edit for Kidney Transplant Donor Claims When the Kidney Recipient is Deceased - MLN Matters PDF Document MM6978 - 08.05.10
- Revisions to Claims Processing Instructions for Services Rendered in Place of Service Home - MLN Matters PDF Document MM6947 - 08.05.10
- Update to Banking Transition Date - 08.05.10
- SAVE THE DATES: CMS Education Series for Providers on the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs -08.05.10
- Updates from the Medicare Learning Network - 08.05.10
- Meeting on ACA Requirements for ICD-10 Crosswalk Revisions - 08.05.10
- MDS National Train-the-Trainer August Conference Update:- 08.05.10
- REGISTER NOW: Training for Eligible Professionals about the Medicare & Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program on August 10, 2010 - 08.05.10
- CMS Seeks Public Comments on Hip and Knee Replacement Outcomes Measures - 08.05.10
- Physicians and Non-Physician Practitioners – Have you tried Internet-based PECOS for your Medicare enrollment actions? - 08.05.10
- Provider and Supplier Organizations – Have you tried Internet-based PECOS for your Medicare enrollment actions? - 08.05.10
- Now available on the CMS EHR Incentive Programs website Tip Sheets for Eligible Professionals: - 08.05.10
- New Local Coverage Determinations for Idaho and North Carolina - 08.05.10
- The August 2010 Medicare Bulletin is now available - 8.05.10
- The 2010 Ambulatory Surgical Center Fee Schedule has been updated to reflect new fees for dates of service 3/23/10 - 5/3010, and is available under Option 2 of the Fee Schedule page - 08.05.10
- Updates from the Medicare Learning Network - 08.02.10
- Would Your Documentation Stand Up To A Medicare Audit? - 08.02.10
- The 3rd Quarter 2010 Local Carrier Payment Allowance Limits for Medicare Part B Drugs fee schedule has been updated - 08.02.10
- REVISED: Revisions and Re-issuance of Audiology Policies - MLN Matters PDF Document MM6447 - 08.02.10
- REVISED: Alternative Process for Individual Eligible Professionals to Access Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and Electronic Prescribing (E-Prescribing) Feedback Reports - MLN Matters PDF Document SE0922 - 08.02.10
- October Quarterly Update for 2010 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule - MLN Matters PDF Document MM7070 - 08.02.10
- CMS Announces New Prospective Payment System For End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities - 08.02.10
