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2003 Program Memos | 2003 Program Transmittals

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FILE	COMM DATE	SUBJECT	IMPL DATE	CR NUM
A-03-082	9/26/2003	Clarification for billing under the 2300 Provider Number by Hospital-Based Renal Dialysis Facilities (RDF)	1/1/2004	2877
AB-03-141	9/26/2003	CMS Companion Document for the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12N 276/277 Health Care Claim Status Request And Response	10/27/2003	2742
A-03-081	9/26/2003	Conflicting Policies with Provider Reimbursement Manual 15-1, Section 2771	10/10/2003	2847
AB-03-147	9/26/2003	Core Elements and Required Statements for a Valid Privacy Authorization	10/10/2003	2816
AB-03-144	9/26/2003	Establishing a Uniform Process for the Preparation and Mailing of Case Files From the Contractor to the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) of the Social Security Administration (SSA)	10/1/2003	2304
AB-03-143	9/26/2003	Implementation of Certain Initial Determination and Appeal Provisions Within §521 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act (BIPA) of 2000	See PM	2251
AB-03-145	9/26/2003	Instructions for Contractors Other Than the Religious Nonmedical Health Care Institution (RNHCI) Specialty Intermediary Regarding Claims For Beneficiaries With RNHCI Elections	1/1/2004	2881
AB-03-146	9/26/2003	Reminder Notice of the Implementation of the Ambulance Transition Schedule	1/1/2004	2834
AB-03-142	9/26/2003	The Coordination of Benefits Contractor (COBC) Will Post the Lead Medicare Contractor in the Group Name Field on the Common Working File (CWF) and Expansion of Lead Contractor Viewing in the Electronic Correspondence Referral System (ECRS)	10/10/2003	2867
A-03-080	9/22/2003	End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Reimbursement for Automated Multi-Channel Chemistry (AMCC) Tests	10/1/2003	2277
AB-03-140	9/12/2003	2004 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Annual Update Reminder	1/1/2003	2896
AB-03-139	9/12/2003	Appeals Quality Improvement and Data Analysis Activities	10/1/2003	2854
A-03-079	9/12/2003	Installation of Version 31 of the Provider Statistical and Reimbursement (PS&R) Reporting System	1/1/2003	2899
AB-03-138	9/5/2003	Modification of Medicare Policy for Erythropoietin (EPO)	8/31/2003	2266
A-03-077	9/5/2003	October Medicare Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version 19.0 For Bills From Hospitals That Are Not Paid Under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)	10/1/2003	2897
AB-03-136	8/29/2003	Correction to Quarterly Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement	10/1/2003	2892
A-03-074	8/29/2003	Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Annual Update: Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Changes for FY 2004	10/1/2003	2894
A-03-075	8/29/2003	Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Update	10/1/2003	2893
A-03-076	8/29/2003	October 2003 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)	10/1/2003	2887
AB-03-137	8/29/2003	Update of HCPCS Codes and Payments for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) and File Names, Descriptions and Instructions for Retrieving the 2004 ASC HCPCS Additions, Deletions and Master Listing	1/1/2004	2890
B-03-068	8/22/2003	2004 Annual Update for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing for the Common Working File (CWF) and Medicare Carriers	1/1/2004	2858
AB-03-129	8/22/2003	Addition of Three New International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) Diagnosis Codes to be Effective as Part of the October 1, 2003, ICD-9-CM Update.	10/1/2003	2842
B-03-065	8/22/2003	Changes to Code List for Therapy Services	9/1/2003	2821
AB-03-128	8/22/2003	Clarification to Transmittal AB-03-044 (CR 2611), Addition of New Temporary "K" Codes	1/1/2004	2818
B-03-064	8/22/2003	CLARIFICATION-ICD-9 Coding	10/1/2003	2857
B-03-066	8/22/2003	Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERCs) - Eliminate Combined Working File (CWF) Edit for Cancer Diagnosis for National Drug Codes (NDCs)	10/1/2003	2904
A-03-073	8/22/2003	Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Other Bill Processing Changes	10/1/2003	2891
A-03-072	8/22/2003	Instructions for Provider Credit Balance Reporting Activities	8/8/2003	2810
AB-03-130	8/22/2003	Levocarnitine for Use in the Treatment of Carnitine Deficiency in ESRD Patients	1/1/2004	2554
AB-03-133	8/22/2003	Managing Medicare Appeals Workloads in FY 2004	10/1/2003	2811
AB-03-134	8/22/2003	Modifier and Condition Code for Providers to Use When Billing for Implantable Defibrillators for Beneficiaries in a Medicare Managed Care Plan	1/1/2004	2880
B-03-067	8/22/2003	National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Batch Transaction Standard 1.1 Billing Request Companion Document	9/8/2003	2839
AB-03-127	8/22/2003	Payment for the Fecal Leukocyte Examination Under a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Certificate for Provider-Performed Microscopy (PPM) Procedures During CY 2003	10/1/2003	2843
AB-03-132	8/22/2003	Provider Education Article: Guidelines for Medicare Part B Laboratory Testing	9/5/2003	2841
AB-03-126	8/22/2003	SUBJECT: Change in Type of Service for L0480	1/1/2004	2736
AB-03-131	8/22/2003	Update to Health Care Claims Status Category Codes and Health Care Claim Status Codes for Use with the Health Care Claim Status Request and Response ASC X12N 276/277	9/1/2003	2786
AB-03-125	8/15/2003	Consolidation of Claims Cross-over Process	1/1/2004	2836
B-03-063	8/15/2003	Healthcare Provider Taxonomy Codes (HPTC) Crosswalk	7/25/2003	2766
AB-03-124	8/15/2003	REMINDER -- Standard System Automation of the "Notice of Change to Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Auxiliary File" Process	1/1/2004	2608
A-03-071	8/15/2003	Retroactive Correction of Provider Statistical and Reimbursement (PS&R) System Report Data Related to Mammography and Outpatient Therapy Services	10/1/2003	2827
AB-03-123	8/15/2003	Scheduled Release for October Updates to Software Programs and Pricing/Coding Files	See PM	2850
AB-03-122	8/11/2003	Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments	8/11/2003	2432
AB-03-118	8/8/2003	Cease Further Work on the Eligibility File-Based Standard Trading Partner Agreement (STPA) for the Purpose of Coordination of Benefits (COB)	8/8/2003	2864
AB-03-117	8/8/2003	Contractor Guidance For Connection to the Medicare Data Communication Network (MDCN) for Real-time Eligibility Inquiries (270/271) via a Route Other Than IVANS	8/22/2003	2845
B-03-061	8/8/2003	DMERCs - NCPDP Crosswalk Requirements	1/1/2004	2806
B-03-060	8/8/2003	Expansion of Beneficiary History and Claims In Process (CIP) Files in the VIPS Medicare System (VMS). Phase 2 - Pre-Adjudication CIP File Expansion	1/1/2004	2666
AB-03-119	8/8/2003	Final Update to the 2003 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database	10/1/2003	2853
A-03-066	8/8/2003	Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Implementation Instructions	8/14/2000	1229
A-03-070	8/8/2003	Inclusion of the State of New York in Demonstration for Settlement of Payments for Home Health Services to Dual Eligibles and Instructions for Processing Fiscal Year 2000 Claims Under the Demonstration. Regional Home Health Intermediaries (RHHIs) Only.	8/28/2003	2804
A-03-068	8/8/2003	Informing Beneficiaries About Which Local Medical Review Policy (LMRP) and/or National Coverage Determination (NCD) is Associated with Their Claim Denial	1/1/2004	2342
AB-03-120	8/8/2003	Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) - (1) Copy of Recovery Demand Packages Resulting From A Data Match or Non-Data Match Group Health Plan (GHP) Recovery Action to Insurers/Third Party Administrators (TPAs) of Employers; (2) Documentation Required When an Insurer/TPA Wishes to Resolve a Debt on Behalf of its Client, an Employer Debtor	10/1/2003	2729
B-03-059	8/8/2003	Minimum Number of Pricing Files That Must Be Maintained Online for Medicare Single Drug Pricer (SDP)	1/1/2004	2755
A-03-069	8/8/2003	October Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version (V4.3)	10/1/2003	2861
B-03-062	8/8/2003	Procedures for Non-MSP Overpayments with Original Balances Less than $10.00	1/1/2004	2292
AB-03-121	8/8/2003	Requirement to Cross Claims Over to Multiple Supplemental Insurers	1/1/2004	2534
A-03-067	8/8/2003	The Supplemental Security Income (SSI)/Medicare Beneficiary Data for Fiscal Year 2002 for Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals	10/1/2003	2868
AB-03-116	8/8/2003	Update of Rates and Wage Index for Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payments Effective October 1, 2003	10/1/2003	2871
B-03-057	8/1/2003	Additional Guidelines for Implementing the National Council for Prescription Drug Program (NCPDP) Format	1/1/2004	2844
AB-03-110	8/1/2003	Adjustment to the Rural Mileage Payment Rate for Ground Ambulance Services	1/1/2004	2767
AB-03-114	8/1/2003	Claims Processing and Payment of Incomplete Screening Colonoscopies	1/1/2004	2822
B-03-055	8/1/2003	Common Working File (CWF) Crossover Editing for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Claims During an Inpatient Stay	1/1/2004	2613
B-03-056	8/1/2003	Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERCs -- Additional Instructions for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Implementation of National Drug Codes (NDCs) and the NCPDP Format	1/1/2004	2760
AB-03-112	8/1/2003	Informing Beneficiaries About Which Local Medical Review Policy (LMRP) and/or National Coverage Determination (NCD) is Associated with Their Claim Denial	1/1/2004	2342
A-03-065	8/1/2003	New Common Working File (CWF) Edits to Ensure Accurate Coding and Payments for Discharge and/or Transfer Policies Under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)	1/1/2004	2716
AB-03-115	8/1/2003	Payment Denial for Medicare Services furnished to Alien Beneficiaries Who are Not Lawfully Present in the United States	1/1/2004	2825
B-03-058	8/1/2003	Procedures for the Reconciliation of Total Funds Expended for Multi-Carrier System (MCS) Medicare Contractors Used in the Preparation of Form CMS-1522, Monthly Contractor Financial Report	1/1/2004	2795
AB-03-111	8/1/2003	Shared System Maintainer Hours for Resolution of Problems Detected During Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Transaction Release Testing	1/1/2004	2789
AB-03-113	8/1/2003	Update of Codes in the Program Integrity Management Reporting System (PIMR) and the Contractor Administrative Cost and Financial Management System (CAFM II)	1/1/2004	2704
AB-03-104	7/25/2003	Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for October 1, 2003	10/1/2003	2814
AB-03-102	7/25/2003	Clarification Regarding Coverage of Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) Therapy for the Treatment of Diabetic Wounds of the Lower Extremities	8/8/2003	2769
A-03-062	7/25/2003	Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Claims Adjudication Services Project:Systems Changes Needed	8/6/2003	2783
AB-03-109	7/25/2003	Discontinue Use of the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB) for Provider Enrollment Only	8/15/2003	2808
B-03-054	7/25/2003	Establishing and Maintaining Provider and Supplier Enrollment Data in Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) as Needed for Use by the Railroad Medicare Carrier (RMC) to Pay Claims	8/8/2003	2777
AB-03-107	7/25/2003	Federal Bankruptcy/State Insurer Liquidation Actions and Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Debt	9/2/2003	2697
AB-03-105	7/25/2003	Harkin Grantees: Complaint Tracking System and Aggregate Reports	8/8/2003	2787
A-03-063	7/25/2003	Installation of Version 30 of the Provider Statistical and Reimbursement (PS&R) Reporting System.	10/1/2003	2833
AB-03-108	7/25/2003	Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) - 1) Use of Inter-Contractor Notices (ICNs) and the Common Working File (CWF) for the Development of the MSP Conditional Payment Amount for Liability, No-Fault, Workers’ Compensation, and Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Cases; 2) Reminder Regarding Termination Updates to the CWF; 3) Reminder Regarding Savings Information to Non-Lead Contractors	8/9/2003	2715
AB-03-103	7/25/2003	Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Debt Referral and Write Off Closed Instructions	8/8/2003	2749
A-03-061	7/25/2003	Tentative Settlement Requirements for Cost Reports from Home Health Agencies (HHAs) and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) that have No Reimbursement Impact	7/1/2003	2714
AB-03-106	7/25/2003	Third Clarification of Medicare Policy Regarding the Implementation of the Ambulance Fee Schedule	8/8/2003	2770
A-03-064	7/25/2003	X12N 837 Institutional Health Care Claim Companion Document	7/25/2003	2505
B-03-052	7/18/2003	Addition of Temporary "Q" Codes for Drugs Used in Infusion Pumps	10/1/2003	2805
AB-03-101	7/18/2003	Clarification for CR 2562: Collection of Fee-for-Service Payments Made During Periods of Managed Care Enrollment	10/1/2003	2801
AB-03-099	7/18/2003	Instructions for Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) and Multi-Carrier System (MCS) Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS) Changes	10/1/2003	2773
A-03-060	7/18/2003	Medicare Program - Update to the Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Home Health Agencies for FY 2004	10/1/2003	2832
AB-03-100	7/18/2003	October Quarterly Update for 2003 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule	7/17/2003	2802
B-03-051	7/16/2003	Therapy Modifier Bypass for Ambulance Claims	9/1/2003	2849
AB-03-098	7/11/2003	Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) Implementation for Contractors Using APASS and HPBSS - ACTION	7/1/2002	1920
A-03-059	7/3/2003	Addition of Patient Status Code 43, Deletion of Patient Status Codes 71 and 72, and Information on New Patient Status Code 65	10/1/2003	2638
A-03-058	7/3/2003	Change in Methodology for Determining Payment for Outliers Under the Acute Care Hospital Inpatient and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment Systems	7/10/2003	2785
AB-03-097	7/3/2003	Delay in Implementation of Outpatient Therapy Caps to September 1, 2003	7/21/2003	2837
A-03-057	7/3/2003	Medicare Program-Update to the Hospice Payment Rates, Hospice Cap, Hospice Wage Index and the Hospice Pricer for FY 2004	10/1/2003	2797
B-03-050	7/3/2003	Multiple Primary Payers on Part B Claims - REVISION TO Change Request 2050	7/18/2003	2758
AB-03-094	7/3/2003	October 2003 Quarterly Update for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing	10/1/2003	2781
AB-03-096	7/3/2003	Quarterly Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement	10/1/2003	2776
AB-03-095	7/3/2003	Remittance Advice Remark and Reason Code Update	10/1/2003	2788
AB-03-093	6/27/2003	Correction: Coverage and Billing Requirements for Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Wounds	7/11/2003	2733
A-03-055	6/27/2003	Disclosure of Information Requirements Related to Hospice Claims	7/11/2003	2732
A-03-056	6/27/2003	Payment Update for Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Rate Year 2004	7/1/2003	2807
B-03-048	6/20/2003	Addition of Temporary Codes Q4052 and Q4053	7/1/2003	2798
B-03-049	6/20/2003	Additional Instructions to Assist in the Implementation of Program Memorandum B-02-75 - Carrier Review of Payment Amounts for Portable X-Ray Transportation Services (HCPCS Code R0070)	7/7/2003	2741
B-03-047	6/20/2003	Changes to Correct Coding Edits, Version 9.3, Effective October 1, 2003	10/1/2003	2756
AB-03-087	6/20/2003	Common Working File (CWF) Edits with Unsolicited Responses for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing	7/1/2002	2034
AB-03-089	6/20/2003	Coverage and Billing for Home Prothrombin Time International Normalized Ratio (INR) Monitoring for Anticoagulation Management	12/27/2002	2323
AB-03-090	6/20/2003	Coverage of Compression Garments in the Treatment of Venous Stasis Ulcers	10/1/2003	2739
AB-03-092	6/20/2003	Expanded Coverage of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans and Related Claims Processing Requirements—for Thyroid Cancer and Perfusion of the Heart Using Ammonia N-13	10/1/2003	2687
AB-03-091	6/20/2003	Medicare Contractor Annual Update of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)	10/1/2003	2763
AB-03-086	6/20/2003	New Automatic Notice of Change to Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Auxiliary File	7/1/2001	1529
A-03-053	6/20/2003	Nurse Practitioner Services Under Medicare Hospice	7/1/2003	2750
AB-03-088	6/20/2003	Prohibition on New Trading Partner Agreements (TPAs) with Certain Entities for the Purpose of Coordination of Benefits (COB)	7/5/2002	2216
A-03-052	6/20/2003	Revision to Billing for Swing Bed Services Under Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS)	7/12/2002	2257
A-03-054	6/20/2003	Revision to CR 2573, Transmittal A-03-013, dated February 14, 2003: 3-Day Payment Window Refinements Under the Short-Term Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System	7/1/2003	2803
A-03-051	6/13/2003	July 2003 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)	7/1/2003	2771
AB-03-085	6/11/2003	Beneficiary Notice of Implementation of Outpatient Therapy Service Limitations	7/1/2003	2792
B-03-046	6/11/2003	Provider Education: Establishing New Requirements for ICD-9-CM Coding on Claims Submitted to Medicare Carriers - Increased Role for Physicians/Practitioners	6/24/2003	2784
AB-03-084	6/6/2003	Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for July 1, 2003	7/1/2003	2737
B-03-044	6/6/2003	CORRECTION TO BUSINESS REQUIREMENT # 2	See PM	2645
A-03-049	6/6/2003	Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs) Must Install and Use SuperOp with the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS)	6/20/2003	2718
B-03-045	6/6/2003	ICD-9-CM Coding Requirements for Claims Submitted to Medicare Carriers	10/1/2003	2725
A-03-050	6/6/2003	July Medicare Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version 18.2 For Bills From Hospitals That Are Not Paid Under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)	7/1/2003	2768
A-03-048	6/6/2003	July Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version (V4.2)	7/1/2003	2762
AB-03-082	6/6/2003	Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Prepayment and Post Payment Workload Reporting -Activity Code (AC) Definitions	10/1/2003	2548
A-03-047	6/6/2003	Medicare’s Coordination of Benefits Contractor (COBC) Shall Discontinue the Dissemination of the Right of Recovery Letter to Intermediaries	6/20/2003	2752
AB-03-083	6/6/2003	Screening of Complaints Alleging Fraud and Abuse	6/13/2003	2719
A-03-044	5/30/2003	Audit Guidance Pertaining to Write-offs of Small Debit Balances in Patients’ Accounts Receivable	10/1/2002	2174
AB-03-081	5/30/2003	Data Center Testing and Production - Electronic Correspondence Referral System (ECRS) User Manual 6.0	8/4/2003	2748
A-03-046	5/30/2003	Demonstration--Settlement of Payments for Home Health Services to Beneficiaries Eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid in Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Regional Home Health Intermediaries (RHHIs) Only.	6/13/2003	2710
A-03-045	5/30/2003	Payment to Hospitals and Units Excluded from the Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) and Nursing and Allied Health (N&AH) Education for Medicare+Choice (M+C) Enrollees	10/1/2003	2754
AB-03-080	5/30/2003	Single Drug Pricer (SDP) Clarification for Code J7342l	6/6/2003	2772
B-03-042	5/23/2003	Bi-Annual Updates to the Health Care Provider Taxonomy Code (HPTC)	6/16/2003	2698
A-03-043	5/23/2003	Changes to Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Nursing and Allied Health Education Payment Policies	See PM	2692
B-03-043	5/23/2003	Diabetes Outpatient Self-Management Training (DSMT) and the "Incident to" Provision	6/6/2003	2157
AB-03-074	5/23/2003	Instructions for Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) and Multi-Carrier System (MCS) Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS) Changes	7/1/2003	2618
AB-03-078	5/23/2003	Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Contractor Guidance on the HIPAA Privacy Rule Business Associate Provisions	5/31/2003	2712
B-03-041	5/23/2003	National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Batch Transaction Standard 1.1 Billing Request Companion Documen	6/6/2003	2713
AB-03-073	5/23/2003	Provider Education Article: Financial Limitation of Claims for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services	6/6/2003	2603
AB-03-075	5/23/2003	Provider Education Article: Quarterly Provider Update	5/23/2003	2686
AB-03-076	5/23/2003	Remittance Advice Message for Denial of Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Services Denied Due to Frequency Edits	10/1/2003	2701
AB-03-077	5/23/2003	Revised Disclosure Desk Reference for Call Centers	6/23/2003	2566
A-03-042	5/23/2003	Updated Revision to Change Request (CR) 2508, Suspension, Offset, and Recoupment of Medicare Payments to Providers and Suppliers of Services	6/1/2003	2677
A-03-041	5/16/2003	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Version 4010A1 Institutional 837 Health Care Claim Additional Implementation Direction	5/27/2003	2706
AB-03-066	5/16/2003	Issuance of the Eligibility File-Based Standard Trading Partner Agreement (TPA) for the Purpose of Coordination of Benefits (COB)	5/23/2003	2542
AB-03-072	5/16/2003	Mammography Computer Aided Detection (CAD) Equipment	5/31/2003	2743
B-03-040	5/16/2003	Update of the Place of Service (POS) Code Set	10/1/2003	2730
A-03-040	5/9/2003	Clarification of Bill Types 22x and 23x Submitted by Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)	See PM	2674
AB-03-069	5/9/2003	Clarification of the Criteria for a Valid Written Statement of Intent (SOI) To File a Medicare Claim	5/23/2003	2596
A-03-039	5/9/2003	Clarification to Correction to Updated Instruction on Receipt and Processing of Non-Covered Charges on Other Than Part A Inpatient Claims (Transmittals A-02-071, A-02-117) - CHANGE IN EFFECTIVE AND IMPLEMENTATION DATE ONLY	10/1/2003	2590
B-03-039	5/9/2003	Common Working File (CWF) Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Bypass to Allow Separate Payment for Drugs	See PM	2707
AB-03-068	5/9/2003	CWF Change For The 270/271 Eligibility Transaction	10/6/2003	2699
AB-03-071	5/9/2003	July Quarterly Update for 2003 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule	7/1/2003	2702
AB-03-067	5/9/2003	Revision to CR 2170: Appeals Quality Improvement and Data Analysis Activities	7/24/2003	2740
AB-03-065	5/9/2003	Scheduled Release for July Updates to Software Programs and Pricing/Coding Files	See PM	2744
AB-03-070	5/9/2003	Second Update to the 2003 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database	7/1/2003	2734
A-03-032	5/2/2003	Addition of Patient Status Code 43, Deletion of Patient Status Codes 71 and 72, and Information on New Patient Status Code 65	10/1/2003	2638
AB-03-053	5/2/2003	Availability of Online Screens for the Laboratory National Coverage Determinations (NCDs)	10/1/2003	2615
AB-03-058	5/2/2003	Collection of Fee-for-Service Payments made during periods of Managed Care Enrollment	10/1/2003	2562
B-03-032	5/2/2003	Continuation of April and July 2003 Change Requests (CRs 2424 and 2524): Create Import/Export Functionality Between the Unique Provider Identification Number System (UPIN) and the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS)	7/1/2003	2642
B-03-033	5/2/2003	Continuation of April and July 2003 Change Requests (CRs 2425 and 2525): Create Import/Export Functionality Between the Medicare Claims System (MCS) and the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS)	See PM	2643
B-03-034	5/2/2003	Continuation of April and July 2003 Change Requests (CRs 2426 and 2526): Process all Medicare Part B Provider Enrollments in the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS). Modify the Medicare Claims System (MCS) to Incorporate all Claim Payment and Provider Correspondence Functionality that is Included in the Provider Enrollment System (PES) but will not be a part of PECOS	See PM	2644
B-03-035	5/2/2003	Continuation of April and July 2003 Change Requests (CRs 2427 and 2527): Process all Medicare Part B Provider Enrollments in the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS). Create Import/Export Functionality Between the VIPS Medicare System (VMS) and PECOS	See PM	2645
A-03-037	5/2/2003	Contractor Reporting of Operational and Workload Data (CROWD) for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Manual Transactions	10/1/2003	2547
AB-03-054	5/2/2003	Diagnosis Code for Screening Pap Smear and Pelvic Examination Services	10/1/2003	2637
B-03-025	5/2/2003	Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERCs) - DeWall Posture Protector Orthotic Body Jacket (L0430	4/11/2003	2711
A-03-033	5/2/2003	End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Reimbursement for Automated Multi-Channel Chemistry (AMCC) Tests	10/1/2003	2277
B-03-037	5/2/2003	Excluding from Home Health Consolidated Billing Edits Claims for Therapy Services Rendered by Physicians	10/1/2003	2705
B-03-036	5/2/2003	Expansion of Beneficiary History and Claims In Process (CIP) Files in the VIPS Medicare System (VMS). Phase 1 - Beneficiary History File Expansion	10/1/2003	2656
AB-03-060	5/2/2003	Flat File Changes in the Health Care Claim Professional (837 Professional) Version 4010A1, Health Care Claim Payment/Advice (835) Version 4010&4010A1 and 3051.4A, and Health Care Claim Status Inquiry and Response (276/277) Version 4010A1 Transactions	10/1/2003	2657
AB-03-057	5/2/2003	Implementation of the Financial Limitation for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services	10/1/2003	2709
AB-03-052	5/2/2003	Managing Medicare Appeals Workloads in FY 2003	5/15/2003	2330
A-03-034	5/2/2003	Modification to Medicare Timely Filing Edit for Claims Paid Under Certain Prospective Payment Systems	10/1/2003	2593
B-03-031	5/2/2003	Multi-Carrier System (MCS) Reporting of 2003 Participating Data to the Contractor Reporting of Operational & Workload Data (CROWD) System	10/1/2003	2629
AB-03-062	5/2/2003	New Common Working File (CWF) Edits and Standard System Responses on Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Claims	4/1/2002	1778
AB-03-063	5/2/2003	New Common Working File (CWF) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Edit to Reject MSP Records for Medicare Beneficiaries Who Are Only Entitled to Medicare Part B, and Are Covered by a Group Health Plan (GHP)	See PM	1922
AB-03-056	5/2/2003	New Waived Tests - March 21, 2003	7/1/2003	2685
B-03-038	5/2/2003	Oral Anti-Cancer Drugs	5/9/2003	2683
A-03-038	5/2/2003	Program Integrity Management Reporting (PIMR) System for Part A -Phase 2	10/1/2003	2495
AB-03-061	5/2/2003	Program Memorandum on Written Statements of Intent (SOI) to Claim Medicare Benefits	4/24/2002	1050
A-03-035	5/2/2003	Reporting of Revenue Codes Under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)	10/1/2003	2614
AB-03-055	5/2/2003	Shared System Maintainer Hours for Resolution of Problems Detected During Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Transaction Release Testing	10/1/2003	2654
AB-03-059	5/2/2003	Shared Systems Changes for Name Change from HCFA to CMS (FISS and VMS external changes only)	10/1/2003	2633
AB-03-064	5/2/2003	System Networking Electronic Correspondence Referral System (SNECRS) User Guide	3/30/2002	2024
A-03-036	5/2/2003	This Program Memorandum has been rescinded and the number will be used in the future.	7/7/2003	2680
AB-03-051	4/28/2003	Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments	4/28/2003	2431
AB-03-050	4/25/2003	Data Center Testing and Production - Electronic Correspondence Referral System (ECRS) User Manual 5.1 and Quick Reference Guide Replacement	10/7/2002	2441
AB-03-048	4/25/2003	End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Coordination Period	5/9/2003	2543
B-03-029	4/25/2003	Managed Care Reasonable Charge Data Disclosure Requirements for Ambulance Services	5/9/2003	2561
B-03-030	4/25/2003	Type of Service (TOS) Corrections	7/1/2003	2703
AB-03-049	4/18/2003	Clarification of Payment Responsibilities of Fee-for-Service Contractors as it Relates to Hospice Members Enrolled in Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and Claims Processing Instructions for Processing Rejected Claims	4/1/2002	2013
B-03-028	4/18/2003	Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERC) - ICD-9-CM Coding	5/1/2003	2672
AB-03-046	4/18/2003	Expanding the Number of Source Identifiers for Common Working File (CWF) MSP Records	4/1/2002	1923
B-03-027	4/18/2003	Implementation of Carrier Jurisdiction Manual Instructions Based on the Medicare Carriers Manual (MCM) Part 3, §§3100 - 3101 for the Multi-Carrier System (MCS) Standard System and Associated Medicare Carriers	7/1/2001	1646
A-03-031	4/18/2003	Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Information Collection Policies Changed for Hospitals	3/31/2002	2104
A-03-030	4/18/2003	Provider-based Status On or After October 1, 2002	5/1/2003	2411
AB-03-047	4/18/2003	Single Drug Pricer (SDP) Clarifications	4/18/2003	2659
B-03-026	4/18/2003	Standard System Acceptance of Primary Payer Information at the Line Level	See PM	1287
AB-03-043	4/11/2003	Addition of "K" Codes for Surgical Dressings	7/1/2003	2678
AB-03-044	4/11/2003	Addition of Temporary "K" Codes	7/1/2003	2611
AB-03-045	4/11/2003	Addition of Temporary "K" Codes	7/1/2003	2623
B-03-023	4/11/2003	Correct Payment of January and February 2003 Physician Services	7/1/2003	2669
A-03-029	4/11/2003	Corrections to: Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Rates and Costs of Graduate Medical Education, etc.; as Published in the Federal Register, FY 2003 (67 FR 49982, August 1, 2002)	4/1/2003	2665
B-03-025	4/11/2003	Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERCs) - DeWall Posture Protector Orthotic Body Jacket (L0430)	4/11/2003	2711
B-03-024	4/11/2003	Follow up to Implementation of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Telecommunications Standard Version 5.1 and the Equivalent Batch Standard Version 1.1 for Retail Pharmacy Drug Transactions	7/1/2003	2581
A-03-028	4/11/2003	January Medicare Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version 18.1R1 For Bills From Hospitals That Are Not Paid Under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)	4/15/2003	2676
A-03-027	4/11/2003	Updated Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS): Requirements for Provider Education and Training	4/25/2003	2607
A-03-025	4/4/2003	Advance Beneficiary Notices Must Be Given To Beneficiaries and Demand Bills Must Be Submitted By Home Health Agencies (HHAs)--ACTION	3/1/2001	1596
A-03-024	4/4/2003	Advance Beneficiary Notices Must Be Given To Beneficiaries and Demand Bills Must Be Submitted By Home Health Agencies (HHAs)--ACTION	3/1/2001	1467
AB-03-041	4/4/2003	Common Working File (CWF) Reject and Utilization Edits and Carrier Resolution for Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Residents	4/1/2002	1764
AB-03-042	4/4/2003	Coverage and Billing for Percutaneous Image-Guided Breast Biopsy	4/18/2003	2575
A-03-020	4/2/2003	April 2003 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)	4/1/2003	2671
A-03-026	4/2/2003	April Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version (V4.1)	4/15/2003	2675
A-03-021	3/28/2003	Announcement of Medicare Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) Payment Rate Increases, Clarification on Coverage and Payment of Diabetes Self-Management Training Services and Medical Nutrition Therapy Services	7/1/2003	2511
A-03-023	3/28/2003	Implementation of the Temporary Equalization of Urban and Rural Standardized Payment Amounts Under the Medicare Inpatient Hospital Prospective Payment System (IPPS) as Required By Section 402(b) of Public Law 108-7	4/1/2003	2661
A-03-022	3/28/2003	Installation of Version 29.0 of the Provider Statistical and Reimbursement (PS&R) Reporting System-Modification	5/5/2003	2660
AB-03-039	3/28/2003	Procedure for Granting Extensions to File Requests for Appeal Under the New 120-day Timeframe Created by §521 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act (BIPA) of 2000	4/15/2003	2492
AB-03-037	3/28/2003	Provider Education Article: Medicare Payments for Part B Mental Health Services	3/28/2003	2520
AB-03-040	3/28/2003	Provider Education Article: "Hospice Care Enhances Dignity and Peace As Life Nears Its End"	4/11/2003	2570
AB-03-038	3/28/2003	Reporting Benefit Integrity (BI) Workload in CROWD	4/11/2003	2588
B-03-022	3/21/2003	Use of Statistical Sampling for Overpayment Estimation When Performing Administrative Reviews of Part B Claims	2/9/2001	1363
AB-03-036	3/14/2003	270/271 Implementation and Direct Date Entry (DDE) Eligibility	7/1/2003	2576
A-03-019	3/14/2003	Reactivation of Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Edit 15, "Service Unit Out Of Range" and Guidance on Editing for Low Osmolar Contrast Media (LOCM) Procedures	4/1/2003	2612
A-03-018	3/7/2003	Installation of Version 28.0 Second Add-On of the Provider Statistical and Reimbursement (PS&R) Report	3/31/2003	2605
B-03-021	3/7/2003	Provider Education Regarding Home Health Consolidated Billing (HH CB) and Provider Liability	3/13/2003	2619
AB-03-035	3/3/2003	Emergency Changes to the 2003 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database	3/3/2003	2609
B-03-020	2/28/2003	2003 DMEPOS Jurisdiction List	4/1/2003	2567
AB-03-031	2/28/2003	Addition or Modification of Temporary "K" Codes and Change in Status for Code A4232	4/1/2003	2584
B-03-017	2/28/2003	Add-On-Codes for Anesthesia	7/1/2003	2539
B-03-018	2/28/2003	Changes to Correct Coding Edits, Version 9.2, Effective July 1, 2003	7/1/2003	2565
AB-03-030	2/28/2003	Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for April 1, 2003	4/1/2003	2578
AB-03-024	2/28/2003	Clarification of the Allocation of Initial Claim Entry Activities Where the Claim is Paid Secondary by Medicare	4/12/2002	2074
A-03-016	2/28/2003	Continuous Home Care Under Medicare Hospice	4/1/2003	2556
AB-03-028	2/28/2003	Coverage and Billing of Sacral Nerve Stimulation	1/1/2002	2532
B-03-019	2/28/2003	Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERCs) and Part B Carriers on the VMS Standard System—Short Descriptions of National Modifiers on the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Tape	7/1/2003	2343
A-03-015	2/28/2003	Electromagnetic Stimulation	4/1/2003	2559
AB-03-032	2/28/2003	File Names, Descriptions and Instructions for Retrieving the 2003 Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) HCPCS Additions, Deletions and Master Listing	7/1/2003	2574
AB-03-029	2/28/2003	Health Care Claims Status Category Codes and Health Care Claim Status Codes for Use with the Health Care Claim Status Request and Response ASC X12N 276/277	3/28/2003	2555
AB-03-034	2/28/2003	Medicare Fee for Service Contractor Guidance on the HIPAA Privacy Rule	4/14/2003	2484
AB-03-027	2/28/2003	Payment Change for the 2003 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Further Extension of the 2003 Participation Enrollment Process	3/1/2003	2601
A-03-017	2/28/2003	Payment for Services To Be Paid on a Fee Schedule But For Which There Is No Price--ACTION	3/14/2003	2541
AB-03-033	2/28/2003	Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screening as a Part of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month	3/10/2003	2580
AB-03-025	2/28/2003	System Networking Electronic Correspondence Referral System (SNECRS) 1.3 User and Installation Guides for Testing and Production	10/8/2002	2359
A-03-014	2/21/2003	Further Guidance Regarding Billing Under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)	8/1/2000	1585
AB-03-026	2/21/2003	Implementation of the Modifications (4010A1) to Transactions and Code Set Standards for Electronic Transactions Adopted Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)	4/1/2003	2385
A-03-013	2/14/2003	3-Day Payment Window Refinements Under the Short-Term Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System	7/1/2003	2573
AB-03-021	2/14/2003	Additional Documentation Requests (ADR) Requirements for Ordering Providers of Laboratory Services	7/1/2003	2504
A-03-011	2/14/2003	Changes in Payment for Certain Services Provided by Outpatient Physical Therapy (OPT) Providers Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)	7/1/2003	2366
AB-03-020	2/14/2003	Clarification of Transmittal AB-00-107, Change Request 1163, and Transmittal AB-00-129, Change Request 1460, Regarding the Coordination of Benefits (COB) Contractor and Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Prepay Work Activities for Customer Service, MSP and Standard Systems Contractor Staff	2/15/2001	1558
AB-03-023	2/14/2003	Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Disease	4/1/2003	2553
A-03-010	2/14/2003	Manual Medical Review Indicator for the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Program	7/1/2003	2434
A-03-012	2/14/2003	The Report of Benefit Savings (RBS)	3/31/2003	2557
AB-03-022	2/14/2003	Use of the American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) Physicians’ Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition (CPT) Codes on Contractors’ Web Sites	See PM	2583
AB-03-019	2/11/2003	Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments	2/11/2003	2430
B-03-013	2/7/2003	Continuation of April 2003 Change Request 2424: Create Import/Export Functionality Between the Unique Provider Identification Number System (UPIN) and the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS)	7/1/2003	2524
B-03-014	2/7/2003	Continuation of April 2003 Change Request 2425: Create Import/Export Functionality Between the Medicare Claims System (MCS) and the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS)	7/1/2003	2525
B-03-015	2/7/2003	Continuation of April 2003 Change Request 2426: Process all Medicare Part B Provider Enrollments in the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS). Modify the Medicare Claims System (MCS) to Incorporate All Claim Payment and Provider Correspondence Functionality That is Included in the Carrier Provider Enrollment System (PES) But Will Not Be a Part of PECOS. Shut Down All Provider Enrollment Functions in PES	7/1/2003	2526
B-03-016	2/7/2003	Continuation of April 2003 Change Request 2427: Process all Medicare Part B Provider Enrollments in the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS). Shut Down All Provider Enrollment Functions in the Carrier Enrollment System (PENS). Create Import/Export Functionality Between the Viable Medicare System (VMS) and the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS)	7/1/2003	2527
AB-03-016	2/7/2003	CR 2240 Question and Answer Document and Claims Processing Instructions for Processing Rejected Claims	2/7/2003	2552
AB-03-018	2/7/2003	Implementation of the Financial Limitation for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services	7/1/2003	2183
A-03-009	2/7/2003	Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) Services for Beneficiaries with Diabetes or Renal Disease - CORRECTION	4/1/2003	2550
AB-03-017	2/7/2003	Scheduled Release for April Updates to Software Programs and Pricing/Coding Files	See PM	2572
AB-03-014	2/7/2003	Single Drug Pricer (SDP)	2/14/2003	2544
B-03-012	2/7/2003	Use of the National Drug Code (NDC) for Drug Claims at the Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERCs)	7/1/2003	2339
A-03-008	2/3/2003	Clarification of 3-Day Payment Window vs. 1-Day Payment Window for Hospitals Excluded from Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)	7/1/2003	2537
B-03-011	2/3/2003	Correct Payment of January and February 2003 Physician Services	7/1/2003	2549
B-03-009	2/3/2003	Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERCs)-New Modifier Needed to Invoke Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN) Logic for Hard Copy and Electronic Claims	7/1/2003	2048
AB-03-011	2/3/2003	Identifying the Primary Payer Amounts to Send to the Medicare Secondary Payer Pay Module (MSPPAY) and the Shared Systems When There Are Multiple Primary Payers on Electronic and Hardcopy Claims	7/1/2003	2050
B-03-008	2/3/2003	Medical Review (MR) Progressive Corrective Action (PCA) Continuation of Work Begun In Compliance with Change Request (CR) 2433	See PM	2496
B-03-007	2/3/2003	Minimum Number of Pricing Files That Must Be Maintained Online for Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Services	7/1/2003	2460
AB-03-013	2/3/2003	New Waived Tests - December 17, 2002	4/1/2003	2533
A-03-007	2/3/2003	Payment to Hospitals and Units Excluded from the Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) and Nursing and Allied Health (N&AH) Education for Medicare+Choice (M+C) Enrollees	7/1/2003	2476
AB-03-012	2/3/2003	Remittance Advice Remark and Reason Code Update	4/1/2003	2546
AB-03-010	2/3/2003	Shared System Maintainer Hours for Resolution of Problems Detected During Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Transaction Release Testing	7/1/2003	2523
AB-03-015	2/3/2003	Shared Systems Changes for Name Change from HCFA to CMS (MCS and CWF external changes only)	7/1/2003	2280
B-03-010	2/3/2003	Transmittal B-03-010 has been rescinded	See PM	2501
A-03-006	2/3/2003	Update the Medicare Secondary Payment Module (MSPPAY) to Apportion Prospective Payment System (PPS) Outlier Amounts to all Service Lines With Medicare Reimbursement That are PRICER Related and Potential Outlier Service Lines	7/1/2003	2053
AB-03-008	1/31/2003	Clarification of Physician Certification Requirements for Medicare Hospice	2/1/2001	1502
AB-03-009	1/31/2003	The Medicare Exclusion Database (MED) Replaces Publication 69	1/1/2002	1919
AB-03-006	1/24/2003	April Quarterly Update for 2003 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule	4/1/2003	2535
B-03-004	1/24/2003	CWF Change for Billing for Glucose Test Strips and Supplies - Follow-up to CR 2156	7/1/2003	2363
B-03-002	1/24/2003	DMERCs - VIPS Medicare System (VMS) Implementation to Process ICD-9 CM Codes Using Date of Service and Not Date of Receipt.	4/1/2003	2558
AB-03-005	1/24/2003	FY 2003 Systems Security Activities and Due Dates	2/24/2003	2518
A-03-005	1/24/2003	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Transaction 835v4010 Companion Document Update for Intermediaries.	7/1/2003	2498
AB-03-004	1/24/2003	Installation of a Security Firewall for Deceased Beneficiary Files (Options B & C)	1/24/2003	2516
B-03-006	1/24/2003	Program Integrity Management Reporting (PIMR) System for Part B - Correction of Multiple Reports of Savings By VIPS Standard Systems (i.e., VIPS Medicare System (VMS) and Durable Medical Equipment Regional Contractor (DMERC) System)	7/1/2003	2493
B-03-005	1/24/2003	Reporting of Accident Date and Ambulance Certification Information on the X12N 837 (version 4010) Coordination of Benefits (COB) Transaction	7/1/2003	2449
AB-03-007	1/24/2003	Second Clarification of Medicare Policy Regarding the Implementation of the Ambulance Fee Schedule	2/24/2003	2470
B-03-003	1/24/2003	Section II.8, Processing Initial Denials, of the DMEPOS Refund Requirements - Implementation of Limits on Beneficiary Liability for Medical Equipment and Supplies - Change	7/1/2003	2416
A-03-004	1/17/2003	Calculating Provider-Specific Medicare Outpatient Cost-to-Charge Ratios (CCRs) and Instructions on Cost Report Treatment of Hospital Outpatient Services Paid on a Reasonable Cost Basis	4/30/2003	2197
B-03-001	1/17/2003	Emergency Update to the 2003 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database	3/1/2003	2530
A-03-003	1/17/2003	January Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version (V4.0)	1/17/2003	2521
A-03-002	1/10/2003	Installation of Version 28.0 Add-On of the Provider Statistical and Reimbursement (PS&R) Report	1/24/2003	2529
AB-03-001	1/10/2003	Medicare Coverage of Non-Invasive Vascular Studies for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients	1/1/2002	1855
AB-03-003	1/10/2003	Noncoverage of Multiple Electroconvulsive Therapy (MECT)	4/1/2003	2499
AB-03-002	1/10/2003	Quarterly Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement	4/1/2003	2515
A-03-001	1/7/2003	January Medicare Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version 18.1 For Bills From Hospitals That Are Not Paid Under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)	1/1/2003	2522

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