| Date | Headline |
|---|
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
