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FILE |
COMM DATE |
SUBJECT |
IMPL DATE |
CR NUM |
AB-00-134 |
12/29/2000 |
Cervical or Vaginal Smear Tests (Pap Smears) in Calendar Year (CY) 2001
Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Fee Schedule |
1/1/2001 |
1479 |
A-00-102 |
12/29/2000 |
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Pass-Through Payment
Corrections for Two Radiopharmaceuticals |
1/1/2001 |
1496 |
AB-00-133 |
12/28/2000 |
Coordination With Provider Education Program Safeguard Contractor |
12/26/2000 |
1428 |
A-00-101 |
12/28/2000 |
Medicare Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Version 16.1 |
1/1/2001 |
1465 |
AB-00-132 |
12/27/2000 |
Clarification Regarding Release of Medicare Eligibility Data |
N/A |
1494 |
AB-00-131 |
12/22/2000 |
Clarifications to Implementation of the Ambulance Fee Schedule |
1/1/2001 |
1476 |
A-00-100 |
12/22/2000 |
Conversion to the UB-92 Version 6.0 and Continued Use of Version
5.0—ACTION |
12/22/2000 |
1478 |
AB-00-130 |
12/22/2000 |
Intestinal Transplantation |
4/1/2001 |
1436 |
A-00-99 |
12/22/2000 |
Medicare Contractor Use of the Regional Home Health Intermediary (RHHI)
Outcomes and Assessment Information Set Verification Protocol for Review of Home
Health Agency (HHA) Prospective Payment Bills |
N/A |
1453 |
B-00-76 |
12/22/2000 |
Revised 2001 Anesthesia Conversion Factors -- ACTION |
1/1/2001 |
1477 |
B-00-74 |
12/21/2000 |
Claims Processing Instructions for Carriers To Make Available Claims and
Medical Records for a PSC Task Order Request for Medical Record Review |
12/21/2000 |
1433 |
B-00-75 |
12/21/2000 |
Emergency Changes to the 2001 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database |
1/1/2001 |
1470 |
A-00-98 |
12/21/2000 |
Reporting of Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Home Health
Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Data in Provider Remittance Advice
Transactions |
12/1/2000 |
1430 |
AB-00-128 |
12/20/2000 |
Extension of the Limitation on Payment for Services to Individuals Entitled
to Benefits on the Basis of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Who Are Covered by
Group Health Plans (GHPs) |
N/A |
817 |
AB00127 |
12/20/2000 |
Reimbursement for Ambulance Services to Nonhospital-Based Dialysis
Facilities |
N/A |
868 |
AB-00-129 |
12/19/2000 |
COB Contractor Fact Sheet for Providers |
12/31/2000 |
1460 |
A-00-97 |
12/19/2000 |
Partial Implementation of Change Request 1119 |
12/19/2000 |
1396 |
B-00-73 |
12/18/2000 |
CCI Edits Correction: Influenza (G0008), Pneumococcal (G0009), and Hepatitis
B (G0010) Vaccine Codes |
12/18/2000 |
1459 |
AB-00-125 |
12/15/2000 |
Accelerated Referral of Non-MSP Delinquent Debts (Active and Currently Not
Collectible (CNC)) to Debt Collection Center (DCC) for Cross Servicing and
Treasury Offset Program (TOP) |
1/1/2001 |
1260 |
A-00-96 |
12/15/2000 |
Clarification of C-Codes Reportable Under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective
Payment System (OPPS) |
12/29/2000 |
1458 |
AB-00-124 |
12/15/2000 |
Payment for Method II Home Dialysis Supplies |
12/15/2000 |
1288 |
AB-00-126 |
12/15/2000 |
Use of the American Medical Association’s (AMA’s)
Physicians’ Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition (CPT) Codes on
Contractors’ Web Sites |
N/A |
1415 |
B-00-72 |
12/14/2000 |
Instructions to Implement the New Medicare Summary Notice (MSN)-- Program
Memorandum (PM) B-98-4 and PM AB-98-31--ACTION |
1/1/2000 |
809 |
A-00-95 |
12/14/2000 |
Renewal of Program Memorandum (PM) A-97-8--Instructions to Implement the New
Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) Combined with Program Memorandum
AB-98-31—ACTION |
N/A |
651 |
A-00-94 |
12/12/2000 |
New ESRD Composite Payment Rates Effective January 1, 2001 |
1/1/2001 |
1451 |
AB-00-123 |
12/12/2000 |
Use of Beneficiary Question & Answers on cms.hhs.gov |
12/12/2000 |
1418 |
B-00-70 |
12/8/2000 |
Changes to Correct Coding Edits, Version 7.1, Effective April 1, 2001 |
4/1/2001 |
1422 |
A-00-93 |
12/7/2000 |
“Do Not Forward (DNF)” Initiative, Change Request 681,
Transmittal No. AB-00-6, Dated February 2000 |
N/A |
1449 |
AB-00-122 |
12/7/2000 |
Appeals of Medicare Part A/Part B Coverage Determinations |
12/7/2000 |
1348 |
AB-00-120 |
12/7/2000 |
Operating Instructions for Coverage of Non-Implantable Pelvic Floor
Electrical Stimulators |
4/1/2001 |
1419 |
AB-00-121 |
12/5/2000 |
Medicare Intermediary Claims Processing Standard Systems Delay of CY 2001
First Quarter Release |
1/8/2001 |
1464 |
B-00-71 |
12/1/2000 |
Addition of a Miscellaneous “WW” Code and National Drug Code
(NDC) for Oral Anti-Cancer Drugs |
1/1/2001 |
1395 |
AB-00-119 |
12/1/2000 |
Change in the Collection of Comprehensive Encounter Data for the Medicare
Choices Demonstration, Long-Term Care Demonstrations (Social Health Maintenance
Organization (SHMO), Evercare), Department of Defense (DOD) Subvention
Demonstration, and Dual Eligible Demonstrations |
1/1/2001 |
1400 |
A-00-92 |
12/1/2000 |
Corrections to Calculation of Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Inpatient Payment
Amounts |
12/1/2000 |
1435 |
AB-00-108 |
12/1/2000 |
Glucose Monitoring |
1/1/2001 |
1362 |
AB-00-118 |
11/30/2000 |
Delay Implementation of the Ambulance Fee Schedule |
1/1/2001 |
1461 |
A-00-91 |
11/30/2000 |
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System |
N/A |
1343 |
AB-00-117 |
11/30/2000 |
Payment of Drugs, Biologicals and Supplies in a Comprehensive Outpatient
Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) |
4/1/2001 |
1166 |
B-00-68 |
11/30/2000 |
X12N Professional Flat File |
4/1/2001 |
1417 |
AB-00-109 |
11/29/2000 |
2001 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Costs Subject to
Reasonable Charge Payment Methodology |
1/1/2001 |
1377 |
B-00-69 |
11/29/2000 |
Blood Glucose Test Strips - Marketing to Medicare Beneficiaries |
3/1/2001 |
1336 |
A-00-90 |
11/29/2000 |
This Program Memorandum re-issues A-99-50, Change Request 1007 dated November
1999. The only change is the discard date; all other material remains the
same. |
12/1/1999 |
1007 |
A-00-89 |
11/28/2000 |
Implementation of HIPAA Transaction Standards – Overview and Specific
Instructions for Implementing the Inbound Claim |
7/1/2001 |
1391 |
B-00-67 |
11/27/2000 |
Consolidated Billing for SNF Residents |
4/1/2001 |
1256 |
AB-00-116 |
11/24/2000 |
Local Medical Review Policy (LMRP) Development and Format |
N/A |
1021 |
A-00-86 |
11/22/2000 |
Changes to Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 Nursing and Allied Health Education Payment
Policies as Required by the Medicare, Medicaid, and State-Child Health Insurance
Program Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA), P. L. 106-113 |
12/18/2000 |
1379 |
B-00-66 |
11/22/2000 |
Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier (DMERC) Operating Instructions for
Coverage of the Ultrasonic Osteogenic Stimulators for Fracture Healing. Effective
for Services Performed on or After 1/1/2001. |
1/1/2001 |
1383 |
A-00-88 |
11/22/2000 |
FEE SCHEDULE AND CONSOLIDATED BILLING FOR SKILLED NURSING FACILITY (SNF)
SERVICES |
4/1/2001 |
1323 |
B-00-65 |
11/21/2000 |
2001 Physician Fee Schedule for Payment Policies |
1/1/2001 |
1438 |
A-00-87 |
11/21/2000 |
Off Label Use of Oral Chemotherapy Drugs Methotrexate and
Cyclophosphamide |
4/1/2001 |
1408 |
AB-00-113 |
11/17/2000 |
Instructions for Implementing and Updating 2001 Payment Amounts for Durable
Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) |
1/1/2001 |
1388 |
AB-00-115 |
11/17/2000 |
Source of Average Wholesale Price Data in Pricing Drugs and Biologicals
Covered by the Medicare Program |
11/17/2000 |
1447 |
AB-00-114 |
11/17/2000 |
Update of Codes and Payments for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) |
1/1/2001 |
1416 |
AB-00-112 |
11/16/2000 |
Home Health Prospective Payment System/Consolidated Billing (PPSCB) Edits and
Systems Changes – Instructions for Standard Systems, CWF, and Contractors -
Part II |
4/1/2001 |
1412 |
B-00-64 |
11/16/2000 |
Program Integrity Sampling Module for Part B and DME Carriers |
4/1/2001 |
1397 |
B-00-63 |
11/15/2000 |
Medicare Payment Allowance for Flu Vaccine |
N/A |
1440 |
AB-00-110 |
11/14/2000 |
Implementation of the New Payment Limit for Drugs and Biologicals |
N/A |
745 |
AB-00-111 |
11/14/2000 |
Revised Claims Processing Instructions for Medicare Qualifying Clinical Trial
Claims for Managed Care (M+C) Enrollees |
4/2/2001 |
1424 |
A-00-85 |
11/14/2000 |
The Report of Benefit Savings (RBS) |
1/1/2001 |
1394 |
A-00-83 |
11/9/2000 |
Business Requirements for Processing Outpatient Encounter Data in the HCFA
Data Center |
4/1/2001 |
1193 |
B-00-59 |
11/9/2000 |
Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier – Common Working File (CWF)
Revision for Oxygen Certificate of Medical Necessity
UPDATED VERSION
|
4/1/2001 |
1149 |
AB-00-106 |
11/9/2000 |
Establishment of Provider/Supplier Information and Education Resource
Directory |
12/9/2000 |
1352 |
A-00-84 |
11/9/2000 |
Medicare + CHOICE Inpatient Encounter Data---Migration of Data Processing to
the HCFA Data Center (HDC) |
2/1/2001 |
1427 |
AB-00-105 |
11/9/2000 |
New Waived Tests -- November 9, 2000 |
1/1/2001 |
1339 |
B-00-62 |
11/9/2000 |
Promoting Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccinations |
10/1/2000 |
1398 |
AB-00-107 |
11/9/2000 |
Transfer of Initial Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Development Activities to
the Coordination of Benefits (COB) Contractor |
N/A |
1163 |
A-00-82 |
11/3/2000 |
January 2001 Update: Coding Information for Hospital Outpatient Prospective
Payment System (OPPS) |
1/1/2001 |
1420 |
AB-00-104 |
11/2/2000 |
Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (AuSCT) for Patients With Multiple
Myeloma |
11/30/2000 |
1375 |
A-00-77 |
11/2/2000 |
Change in Hospice Payment Rates, Update to the Hospice Cap, Revised Hospice
Wage Index and Hospice Pricer |
10/1/2000 |
1235 |
AB-00-102 |
11/2/2000 |
Clarification to MCM §2130 Prosthetic Devices and CIM §60-9 Durable
Medical Equipment Reference List--Coverage of Intermittent Catheterization |
10/1/1999 |
939 |
B-00-61 |
11/2/2000 |
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Program -- Requirements for Medicare
Contractor Operations |
N/A |
1338 |
AB-00-103 |
11/2/2000 |
Final Rule Revising and Updating Medicare Policies Concerning Ambulance
Services |
8/30/1999 |
905 |
B-00-60 |
11/2/2000 |
New Temporary “K” Codes for Augmentative and Alternative
Communication (AAC) Devices |
1/1/2001 |
1380 |
A-00-80 |
11/2/2000 |
Notification to Outpatient Hospital Service Providers Concerning Deductible
and Coinsurance Amounts on Electronic Remittance Advice Version 3051.4a |
10/31/2000 |
1406 |
A-00-81 |
11/2/2000 |
Resolution of Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Implementation
Issues |
1/1/2001 |
1368 |
B-00-58 |
10/31/2000 |
Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers – Change in Common Working
File (CWF) for Code K0009 |
1/1/2001 |
1366 |
B-00-54 |
10/27/2000 |
Program Integrity Management Reporting (PIMR) System |
1/1/2001 |
1306 |
B-00-56 |
10/26/2000 |
DMERCs - Common Working File (CWF) Edit #5211 - Services After the Date of
Death (DOD) for Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Rental Items |
1/1/2001 |
1190 |
B-00-55 |
10/26/2000 |
DMERCs - Common Working File to Add ICD-9 Diagnosis Code for Oral Anti-Cancer
Drugs |
1/1/2001 |
1150 |
AB00101 |
10/26/2000 |
Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments |
10/24/2000 |
1384 |
B-00-57 |
10/26/2000 |
Part B Outbound X12N 837 Coordination of Benefits (COB) Mapping |
1/1/2001 |
1327 |
A-00-78 |
10/26/2000 |
Provider Statistical and Reimbursement Report (PS&R) |
10/30/2000 |
1404 |
AB-00-99 |
10/24/2000 |
Glucose Monitoring Note |
11/1/2000 |
1407 |
AB-00-100 |
10/24/2000 |
Mandatory Training on Ambulance Fee Schedule (AFS) |
10/24/2000 |
1414 |
B-00-53 |
10/20/2000 |
Calendar Year (CY) 2001 Participation Enrollment and Medicare Participating
Physicians and Suppliers Directory (MEDPARD) Procedures (CORRECTED VERSION) |
11/17/2000 |
1373 |
AB-00-98 |
10/20/2000 |
Medicare Deductible and Premium Rates for Calendar Year 2001 |
1/1/2001 |
1405 |
A-00-76 |
10/19/2000 |
Clarification of the Application of the Regulations at 42 CFR 413.134(l) to
Mergers and Consolidations Involving Non-profit Providers |
10/19/2000 |
1290 |
B-00-51 |
10/18/2000 |
Changes to Correct Coding Edits, Version 7.0, Effective January 1, 2001 |
1/1/2001 |
1`312 |
AB-00-96 |
10/18/2000 |
Clarification of Fiscal Intermediary (FI) and Durable Medical Equipment
Regional Carrier (DMERC) Responsibilities Concerning Home Dialysis Method
Election and Claims Processing |
N/A |
1275 |
AB-00-97 |
10/18/2000 |
Notification to Providers and Suppliers of Transaction and Code Set Rule
Promulgated In Accordance With the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) |
10/18/2000 |
1367 |
B-00-52 |
10/18/2000 |
Schedule for Completing the Calendar Year (CY) 2001 Fee Schedule Updates and
the Participating Physician Enrollment Procedures |
N/A |
1355 |
A-00-75 |
10/13/2000 |
Corrections to Calculation of Inpatient Payment Amounts |
10/13/2000 |
1399 |
B-00-50 |
10/12/2000 |
Home Health Prospective Payment System (PPS) |
10/30/2000 |
1350 |
A-00-74 |
10/12/2000 |
October OCE |
10/1/2000 |
1353 |
AB-00-95 |
10/11/2000 |
Facility Requirements for Transplantation Centers -- INFORMATION ONLY |
10/11/2000 |
1374 |
A-00-73 |
10/5/2000 |
Clarification of Modifier Usage in Reporting Outpatient Hospital
Services |
4/1/2000 |
973 |
AB-00-91 |
10/5/2000 |
Mammography Screening Payment Limit for Calendar Year 2001 |
1/1/2001 |
1276 |
AB-00-94 |
10/5/2000 |
Urokinase (Abbokinase®) Shortage |
11/1/2000 |
1335 |
AB-00-93 |
10/4/2000 |
Coordination with the Y2K Program Safeguard Contractor (PSC) |
10/6/2000 |
1334 |
AB-00-92 |
10/3/2000 |
Sending Common Working File (CWF) Referrals for Initial Enrollment
Questionnaire (IEQ) and RS/SSA/HCFA Data Match Records to the Coordination of
Benefits (COB) Contractor |
5/1/2000 |
1175 |
A-00-72 |
10/3/2000 |
Technical Corrections to Coding Information for Hospital Outpatient
Prospective Payment System (OPPS) |
10/17/2000 |
1376 |
A-00-71 |
10/2/2000 |
Medical Review (MR) of Home Health Services--For Regional Home Health
Intermediaries (RHHIs) Only-Action |
10/30/2000 |
1356 |
B-00-49 |
9/28/2000 |
Implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA) Transaction Standards |
4/1/2001 |
1094 |
A-00-70 |
9/28/2000 |
Provider Statistical and Reimbursement Report (PS&R) |
10/2/2000 |
1359 |
A-00-69 |
9/21/2000 |
Background and Documentation for Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) and Unit of
Service Edits |
9/21/2000 |
1332 |
AB-00-90 |
9/21/2000 |
Year 2001 HCFA Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Annual Update
Reminder |
1/1/2001 |
1314 |
AB-00-89 |
9/19/2000 |
Claims Processing Instructions for Carriers, DMERCS, Intermediaries and
Regional Home Health Intermediaries (RHHIs) for Claims Submitted for Medicare
Beneficiaries Participating in Medicare Qualifying Clinical Trials |
9/19/2000 |
1241 |
B-00-48 |
9/19/2000 |
Claims Processing Instructions for the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding
Demonstration |
1/1/2001 |
1297 |
A-00-67 |
9/19/2000 |
Deactivation of Inactive Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) Medicare
Numbers |
11/1/1999 |
900 |
A-00-68 |
9/19/2000 |
Provider Statistical and Reimbursement Report (PS&R) |
8/28/2000 |
1329 |
A-00-66 |
9/18/2000 |
FY 2001 Prospective Payment System (PPS) Hospital and Other Bill Processing
Changes |
10/1/2000 |
1331 |
AB-00-88 |
9/18/2000 |
Implementation of the Ambulance Fee Schedule |
1/1/2001 |
1281 |
A-00-62 |
9/13/2000 |
File Descriptions and Instructions for Retrieving the 2001 Physician,
Clinical Lab, Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics/Orthotics and Supplies
(DMEPOS) Fee Schedule Payment Amounts Through HCFA’s Mainframe
Telecommunications Systems |
1/1/2001 |
1302 |
A-00-65 |
9/13/2000 |
Release of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Data Elements on Eligibility
Queries |
9/12/2000 |
1316 |
A-00-64 |
9/13/2000 |
Terminating State Access to the Common Working File (CWF) Eligibility
Data |
10/1/2000 |
1317 |
AB-00-87 |
9/11/2000 |
2001 Payment Limit for Ambulance Services |
1/1/2001 |
1326 |
AB-00-85 |
9/11/2000 |
GUIDANCE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CY 2000 FOURTH QUARTER RELEASE |
N/A |
1308 |
AB-00-84 |
9/11/2000 |
Provider Toll-Free Telephone Inquiry Service |
9/30/2000 |
1289 |
AB-00-86 |
9/8/2000 |
An Additional Source of Average Wholesale Price Data in Pricing Drugs and
Biologicals Covered by the Medicare Program |
9/8/2000 |
1232 |
A-00-63 |
9/8/2000 |
Cost-to-Charge Ratios (CCRs) for Calculating Certain Payments Under the
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPD PPS) |
9/8/2000 |
1310 |
A-00-61 |
9/6/2000 |
Update 1--Coding Information for Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment
System (OPPS) |
10/1/2000 |
1307 |
A-00-60 |
9/1/2000 |
Standard Questions and Answers for Beneficiary Inquiries Related to the
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) |
9/1/2000 |
1311 |
AB-00-82 |
9/1/2000 |
Update of Rates and Wage Index for Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payments
Effective October 1, 2000 |
10/1/2000 |
1295 |
AB-00-83 |
9/1/2000 |
Verteporfin (Visudyne) |
9/4/2000 |
1278 |
B-00-47 |
8/31/2000 |
Addition of Special Processing Number 39, (Centralized Billing of Flu and
Pneumococcal (PPV) Claims), to the Common Working File (CWF) |
10/1/2000 |
1325 |
B-00-46 |
8/31/2000 |
Changes to Correct Coding Edits, Version 6.2, Effective September 5,
2000 |
9/5/2000 |
1337 |
A-00-58 |
8/31/2000 |
Destroy Outdated Stock Of Medicare Summary Notices (MSNs) and Part A
Explanation of Medicare Benefits (EOMBs) Under the Hospital Outpatient
Prospective Payment System (OPPS) |
8/31/2000 |
1321 |
A-00-59 |
8/31/2000 |
HOME HEALTH PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM (HHPPS) PHASE IN PLAN, CONTINGENCY
PLAN, AND INSTRUCTIONS |
8/31/2000 |
1315 |
A-00-59 |
8/31/2000 |
HOME HEALTH PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM (HHPPS) PHASE IN PLAN, CONTINGENCY
PLAN, AND INSTRUCTIONS |
10/1/2000 |
1315 |
B-00-45 |
8/31/2000 |
Reporting of Carrier Pricing Methodology for Influenza (flu) and Pneumococcal
(PPV) Vaccinations to HCFA |
10/1/2000 |
1293 |
AB-00-80 |
8/30/2000 |
Instruction Implementation Reporting |
11/1/2000 |
944 |
AB-00-81 |
8/30/2000 |
Self-Administered Injectable Drugs and Biologicals |
3/17/2000 |
1164 |
B-00-44 |
8/30/2000 |
SITE VISITS AND ENROLLMENT OF INDEPENDENT DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FACILITIES
(IDTFs) |
9/15/1999 |
935 |
B-00-37 |
8/29/2000 |
Standard System Acceptance of Primary Payer Information at the Line
Level |
N/A |
1287 |
AB-00-79 |
8/25/2000 |
Establishment of Contractor Numbers for Program Safeguard Contractors
(PSCs) |
9/1/2000 |
1284 |
B-00-43 |
8/24/2000 |
New Temporary “K” Codes for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Pumps |
1/1/2001 |
1273 |
A-00-57 |
8/24/2000 |
Payment of Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Claims for Beneficiaries
Disenrolling from Terminating Medicare+Choice (M+C) Plans Who Have Not Met the
3-day Stay Requirement |
1/1/2001 |
1108 |
AB-00-78 |
8/24/2000 |
Reasonable Charge Update for 2001 for Items and Services, Other Than
Ambulance Services, Still Subject to the Reasonable Charge Payment
Methodology |
1/1/2001 |
1282 |
A-00-56 |
8/24/2000 |
Update of Rates for Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payments |
N/A |
1268 |
A-00-55 |
8/18/2000 |
Provider Statistical and Reimbursement Report (PS&R) |
8/28/2000 |
1329 |
A-00-54 |
8/17/2000 |
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI)/Medicare Beneficiary Data for Fiscal
Year 1999 for Prospective Payment System (PPS) Hospitals |
10/1/2000 |
1299 |
AB-00-76 |
8/16/2000 |
Modification of Medicare Policy for Erythropoietin (EPO) |
9/15/2000 |
1243 |
A-00-53 |
8/16/2000 |
Proper Billing of Units for Intrathecal Baclofen under the Outpatient
Prospective Payment System (OPPS) |
N/A |
1320 |
AB-00-77 |
8/15/2000 |
New State Code for Maryland Provider Numbers |
8/15/2000 |
1269 |
A-00-52 |
8/14/2000 |
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS (CMHCS) PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUTPATIENT
PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM (OPPS) CONTINGENCY PLANS |
8/14/2000 |
1319 |
B-00-42 |
8/11/2000 |
Analysis of Services Provided in Congregate Settings |
10/1/2000 |
1247 |
AB-00-73 |
8/11/2000 |
Proper Billing of Outpatient Pathology Services under the Outpatient
Prospective Payment System (OPPS) |
8/14/2000 |
1309 |
AB-00-75 |
8/11/2000 |
The Internal Control Certification Statement Required by the Budget and
Performance Requirements (BPR) for the Fiscal Year (FY) Ending September 30,
2000 |
9/1/2000 |
1239 |
AB-00-74 |
8/11/2000 |
Transfer of Initial Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Development Activities to
the Coordination of Benefits (COB) Contractor |
N/A |
1163 |
B-00-41 |
8/10/2000 |
Changes to Correct Coding Edits, Version 6.3, Effective October 1, 2000 |
10/1/2000 |
1271 |
A-00-50 |
8/10/2000 |
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Claims Adjudication Services Project:
Systems Changes Needed |
1/1/2001 |
1272 |
B-00-39 |
8/10/2000 |
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Claims Adjudication Services Project:
Systems Changes Needed |
1/1/2001 |
1219 |
B-00-40 |
8/10/2000 |
Final Update to the 2000 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database
(MPFSDB) |
10/5/2000 |
1261 |
A-00-51 |
8/10/2000 |
Q Codes For Use Under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
(OPPS) |
8/14/2000 |
1318 |
B-00-38 |
8/7/2000 |
Addition of “WW” Codes to Identify a New Source for an Oral
Anti-Cancer Drug in dosages of 25mg and 100mg |
10/1/2000 |
1262 |
AB-00-71 |
8/7/2000 |
Claims Processing Instructions for the Medicare Coordinated Care
Demonstration |
1/1/2001 |
1116 |
AB-00-72 |
8/7/2000 |
Medical Review Progressive Corrective Action (PCA)–ACTION |
N/A |
1285 |
AB-00-70 |
8/7/2000 |
Program Safeguard Contractor for Corporate Integrity Agreements
(PSC-CIA) |
9/5/2000 |
1143 |
A-00-47 |
8/7/2000 |
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Annual Update: Prospective Payment System
(PPS) Pricer and Health Insurance Prospective Payment System (HIPPS) Coding
Changes |
10/1/2000 |
1223 |
A-00-49 |
8/4/2000 |
Payment of Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Claims for Beneficiaries
Disenrolling from Terminating Medicare+Choice (M+C) Plans Who Have Not Met the
3-Day Hospital Stay Requirement |
10/1/2000 |
1270 |
B-00-36 |
8/4/2000 |
Returned Mail - Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) |
9/15/2000 |
1253 |
A-00-48 |
8/3/2000 |
Drugs, Biologicals, Devices and New Technology HCFA Common Procedure Coding
System (HCPCS) Codes For Use Under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment
System (OPPS) |
8/14/2000 |
1304 |
A-00-46 |
8/3/2000 |
Skilled Nursing Facility Adjustment Billing: Adjustments to HIPPS Codes
Resulting From MDS Corrections |
10/1/2000 |
1224 |
A-00-45 |
8/1/2000 |
Interim Process for Certain “Inpatient Only” Code Changes |
11/30/2000 |
1296 |
AB-00-69 |
8/1/2000 |
Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments |
8/1/2000 |
1039 |
AB-00-68 |
7/31/2000 |
Current Status of Medicare Program Memoranda Issued Before Calendar Year (CY)
2000 |
N/A |
N/A |
A-00-44 |
7/28/2000 |
OUTPATIENT PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM (OPPS) CONTINGENCY PLANS AND
INSTRUCTIONS |
N/A |
1277 |
A-00-43 |
7/27/2000 |
Advance Beneficiary Notices (ABNs) for Services for Which Institutional Part
B Claims Will be Processed by Fiscal Intermediaries |
7/1/2000 |
1192 |
A-00-42 |
7/27/2000 |
Coding Information for Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
8/14/2000 |
1259 |
A-00-41 |
7/27/2000 |
Transition to the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HHPPS)--
INFORMATION |
10/1/2000 |
1264 |
B-00-29 |
7/26/2000 |
Correct Effective Date for Adjustment in Payment Amounts for New Technology
Intraocular Lenses (NTIOLs) Furnished by Medicare Approved Ambulatory Surgical
Centers (ASCs)----CLARIFICATION |
7/1/2000 |
1202 |
A-00-40 |
7/21/2000 |
Further Information on the Use of Modifier -25 in Reporting Hospital
Outpatient Services |
N/A |
1250 |
B-00-35 |
7/20/2000 |
Addition of Five “WW” Codes to Identify a New Source for
Methotrexate |
10/1/2000 |
1228 |
AB-00-66 |
7/20/2000 |
Coverage of Diabetes Outpatient Self-Management Training Services,
Effective:July 1, 1998. |
N/A |
199 |
AB-00-67 |
7/20/2000 |
Implementation of §4105 of the Balanced Budget Act Regarding Coverage of
Diabetes Outpatient Self-Management Training Services--ACTION |
N/A |
606 |
A-00-38 |
7/13/2000 |
Change in Hospice Payment Rates, Update to the Hospice Cap, Revised Hospice
Wage Index and Hospice Pricer |
10/1/2000 |
1235 |
A-00-39 |
7/13/2000 |
Monitoring Process for Skilled Nursing Facility Exception Determinations |
N/A |
1215 |
AB-00-65.60 |
6/29/2000 |
Business and System Requirements for the Home Health Prospective Payment
System (HH PPS) |
10/1/2000 |
514 |
A-00-38.60 |
6/29/2000 |
Change in Hospice Payment Rates, Update to the Hospice Cap, Revised Hospice
Wage Index and Hospice Pricer |
10/1/2000 |
1235 |
B-00-33.60 |
6/29/2000 |
Changes to Correct Coding Edits, Version 6.2, Effective July 1, 2000 |
7/1/2000 |
1176 |
AB-00-64.60 |
6/29/2000 |
Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) Implementation at Seven Contractor Sites--
ACTION |
N/A |
1233 |
AB-00-63.60 |
6/29/2000 |
Ocular Photodynamic Therapy (OPT) |
7/1/2000 |
1214 |
AB-00-62.60 |
6/28/2000 |
Rescinding Change Requests Numbers 1001, 1108, 1116, and 1163 |
N/A |
N/A |
AB-00-60.60 |
6/23/2000 |
Future Software Releases |
7/1/2000 |
1216 |
A-00-37.60 |
6/23/2000 |
Line Item Denials and the Reporting of Savings Generated by Claim Expansion
and Line Item Processing |
10/1/2000 |
1203 |
B-00-32.60 |
6/22/2000 |
CPT Codes 99214 and 99233 |
N/A |
1234 |
AB-00-61.60 |
6/22/2000 |
New Waived Tests -- Effective Date of Receipt |
8/14/2000 |
1209 |
B-00-31.60 |
6/22/2000 |
Use of CPT Code 33999 for Transmyocardial Revascularization (TMR) |
7/1/2000 |
1210 |
AB-00-39.60 |
6/21/2000 |
Consolidation of Program Memorandums for Outpatient Rehabilitation Therapy
Services |
N/A |
1155 |
AB-00-57.60 |
6/16/2000 |
Contractor Updating of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth
Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) |
10/1/2000 |
1204 |
AB-00-59.60 |
6/16/2000 |
Correction to July Quarterly Update for 2000 Durable Medical Equipment,
Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule |
7/1/2000 |
1212 |
AB-00-58.60 |
6/15/2000 |
GUIDANCE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CY 2000 THIRD QUARTER RELEASE |
7/1/2000 |
1237 |
A-00-36.60 |
6/15/2000 |
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Implementation
Instructions |
8/14/2000 |
1229 |
A-00-34.60 |
6/15/2000 |
Provider Statistical and Reimbursement Report (PS&R) |
8/1/2000 |
1242 |
A-00-35.60 |
6/15/2000 |
Revised Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications for the Outpatient
Prospective Payment System (OPPS) |
8/14/2000 |
1220 |
AB-00-52.60 |
6/14/2000 |
Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-12) |
N/A |
851 |
AB-00-54.60 |
6/14/2000 |
Modified Procedures for Sharing HCFA Data with the Department of Justice
(DOJ) |
8/23/1999 |
876 |
AB-00-53.60 |
6/14/2000 |
Suspension of National Coverage Policy on Electrostimulation for Wound
Healing |
N/A |
577 |
A-00-33.60 |
6/9/2000 |
Education and Outreach to Coordination of Benefits Trading Partners |
7/17/2000 |
1200 |
AB-00-55.60 |
6/9/2000 |
HEMODIALYSIS FLOW STUDY |
7/1/2000 |
1117 |
AB-00-56.60 |
6/9/2000 |
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Office of Inspector General and
the Department of Justice - Sharing Fraud Referrals |
N/A |
1160 |
AB-00-51.60 |
6/8/2000 |
Claims Processing Instructions for Claims Submitted With a Written Statement
of Intent |
10/1/2000 |
1162 |
B-00-30.60 |
6/8/2000 |
Clarification of Billing for G0170 and G0171 |
N/A |
1196 |
B-00-29.60 |
6/8/2000 |
Correct Effective Date for Adjustment in Payment Amounts for New Technology
Intraocular Lenses (NTIOLs) Furnished by Medicare Approved Ambulatory Surgical
Centers (ASCs) |
7/1/2000 |
1202 |
A-00-32.60 |
6/2/2000 |
Effectuating Favorable Final Appellate Decisions That a Beneficiary is
"Confined to Home"-- Regional Home Health Intermediaries (RHHIs)
Only |
7/1/2000 |
1034 |
AB-00-48.60 |
5/30/2000 |
Model Acknowledgment Letters for Valid and Invalid Written Statements of
Intent to Claim Medicare Benefits (As Referenced In PM Transmittal AB-99-88) |
12/23/1999 |
1090 |
AB-00-49.60 |
5/30/2000 |
PROGRAM MEMORANDUM ON STATEMENTS OF INTENT TOFILE CLAIMS FOR CLAIMS FILING
PERIODS THAT END ON DECEMBER 31, 1999 |
12/31/1999 |
1054 |
A-00-30.60 |
5/26/2000 |
Announcement of Medicare Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified
Health Centers FQHCs) Payment Rate Increases and Policy Clarifications and
Guidance for Services Furnished by RHCs and FQHCs. |
N/A |
1133 |
AB-00-46.60 |
5/26/2000 |
HCFA Policy for Disclosure of Individually Identifiable Information |
N/A |
1156 |
AB-00-50.60 |
5/26/2000 |
Medicare Fraud Information Specialist (MFIS) Position |
10/1/2000 |
1172 |
A-00-31.60 |
5/26/2000 |
Reporting a Patient’s Reason for Visit on a Part A Outpatient
Claim--INFORMATION |
N/A |
1184 |
AB-00-47.60 |
5/22/2000 |
RELEASE TO BE IMPLEMENTED JUNE 5, 2000 |
N/A |
1201 |
B-00-28.60 |
5/17/2000 |
Billing of Influenza (Flu) and Pneumococcal (PPV) Virus Claims for Authorized
Centralized Billing Providers to be Processed Through One Designated Carrier |
10/1/2000 |
1194 |
AB-00-45.60 |
5/15/2000 |
Award of Medicare+Choice (M+C) Contract to Sterling Life Insurance Co., Inc.
for M+C Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) Plan -- INFORMATION ONLY |
7/1/2000 |
1197 |
B-00-27.60 |
5/15/2000 |
Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERCs) - Common Working File
(CWF) Changes for Codes J8999, E0784, E0781, A4230-4232, E0616, and E0749 |
7/1/2000 |
1148 |
B-00-26.60 |
5/12/2000 |
Carrier Adjustments to be Made for Payment for HCPCS Code 90669, Pneumococcal
(PPV) Conjugate Vaccine, Polyvalent, for Intramuscular Use |
6/12/2000 |
1185 |
AB-00-42.60 |
5/11/2000 |
Rescinded |
N/A |
1116 |
A-00-27.60 |
5/9/2000 |
Permitting Reclassification of Certain Urban Hospitals as Rural Application
Procedures |
5/1/2000 |
1180 |
AB-00-38.60 |
5/5/2000 |
Hard Coding of Duplicate Edits in the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System
(FISS) and the VIPS Medicare Systems (VMS) Standard Systems |
10/1/2000 |
1158 |
AB-00-41.60 |
5/5/2000 |
Procedures for the Benefit Integrity (BI) and Medical Review (MR) Units on
Unsolicited/Voluntary Refund Checks |
7/1/2000 |
1024 |
B-00-25.60 |
5/4/2000 |
New Temporary K Codes for Hydrogel Impregnated Gauze |
7/1/2000 |
1159 |
AB-00-40.60 |
5/4/2000 |
Written Statements of Intent (SOI) to Claim Medicare Benefits; 60-Day Grace
Period |
N/A |
1165 |
AB-00-37.60 |
5/3/2000 |
Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments |
5/3/2000 |
1038 |
AB-00-44.60 |
5/2/2000 |
Medicare Coverage of Non-Invasive Vascular Studies When Used to Monitor the
Access Site of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients |
10/1/2000 |
1118 |
AB-00-43.60 |
5/2/2000 |
Program Memorandum on Written Statements of Intent (SOI) to Claim |
N/A |
1050 |
A-00-28.60 |
5/1/2000 |
Clarification of Provider Cost Report Filing Requirements |
N/A |
429 |
B-00-24.60 |
5/1/2000 |
Issues Involving Certificates of Medical Necessity (CMN) and Cover Letters
for CMNs |
N/A |
866 |
AB-00-32-60 |
5/1/2000 |
New Waived Tests -- Effective Date of Receipt |
N/A |
885 |
AB-00-36.60 |
5/1/2000 |
Rescinded |
N/A |
1163 |
A-00-29.60 |
4/27/2000 |
Electronic Filing of Provider Cost Reports; Home Health Agencies (HHAs) and
Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) |
5/30/2000 |
1153 |
AB-00-35.60 |
4/27/2000 |
Further Guidance on April Release Implementation |
5/15/2000 |
1195 |
AB-00-33.60 |
4/27/2000 |
Processing of Medicare+Choice Encounter Data at the HCFA Data Center |
7/1/2000 |
1182 |
AB-00-34.60 |
4/27/2000 |
Program Integrity Management Reporting System |
10/1/2000 |
1035 |
B-00-23.60 |
4/27/2000 |
Requirements For Processing Physician Encounter Data In The HCFA Data
Center |
10/1/2000 |
1183 |
A-00-26.60 |
4/27/2000 |
Rescinded |
N/A |
1108 |
AB-00-31.60 |
4/27/2000 |
Sending Common Working File (CWF) Referrals for Initial Enrollment
Questionnaire (IEQ) and IRS/SSA/HCFA Data Match Records to the Coordination of
Benefits (COB) Contractor |
5/1/2000 |
1175 |
AB-00-29.60 |
4/20/2000 |
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Program -- Medicare Contractor Change
Requirements and Medicare Part B/DMERC Standard System Change Requirements |
10/1/2000 |
1173 |
A-00-25.60 |
4/20/2000 |
Provider Statistical and Reimbursement Report (PS&R) |
5/22/2000 |
1188 |
AB-00-28.60 |
4/19/2000 |
Update of Rates for Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payments--ACTION |
N/A |
1145 |
AB-00-30.60 |
4/16/2000 |
Implementing Instructions for Services Provided in Religious Nonmedical
Health Care Institutions (RNHCIs) |
7/1/2000 |
1106 |
AB-00-27.60 |
4/14/2000 |
Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)
Goal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 |
5/1/2000 |
1142 |
B-00-21.60 |
4/13/2000 |
2000 Jurisdiction List |
7/1/2000 |
1139 |
B-00-22.60 |
4/13/2000 |
Durable Medical Equipment Carriers (DMERCs) - New Oral Anti-Cancer Drugs
Approved for Use by Medicare |
7/1/2000 |
1125 |
AB-00-26.60 |
4/13/2000 |
July Quarterly Update for 2000 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics,
Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule |
7/1/2000 |
1169 |
B-00-18.60 |
4/11/2000 |
Emergency Changes to the 2000 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database-- |
1/17/2000 |
1092 |
B-00-17.60 |
4/11/2000 |
Emergency Changes to the 2000 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database-- |
1/17/2000 |
1104 |
AB-00-25.60 |
4/7/2000 |
CONTRACTOR TESTING REQUIREMENTS--ACTION |
1/1/2001 |
1027 |
B-00-20.60 |
4/6/2000 |
Collection and Submission of Data for the Provider Enrollment and Chain
Ownership System (PECOS) -- ACTION |
7/1/2000 |
918 |
B-00-19.60 |
4/6/2000 |
DMERCs -- Report on Expansion of Immunosuppressive Drugs |
7/1/2000 |
1144 |
A-00-23.60 |
4/6/2000 |
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Implementation
Instructions |
7/1/2000 |
1141 |
B-00-16.60 |
4/5/2000 |
Provider Education Article: Role of Physicians in the Home Health Prospective
Payment System |
4/1/2000 |
1088 |
A-00-22.60 |
3/31/2000 |
Instructions For Reporting Additional Detailed Information on Form HCFA-750
Contractor Financial Report (Fiscal Intermediaries Only) |
4/20/2000 |
1174 |
B-00-15.60 |
3/30/2000 |
Change to Health Insurance Claim Form HCFA-1500 Instructions for Processing
Physician Claims in Global Payment Systems |
N/A |
457 |
A-00-21.60 |
3/30/2000 |
Revised Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications for the Outpatient
Prospective Payment System (OPPS) |
7/1/2000 |
1140 |
AB-00-22.60 |
3/23/2000 |
"NO FEE" POLICY FOR MEDICARE CONTRACTORS' PROVIDER EDUCATION
AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES - PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND MEDICARE INTEGRITY PROGRAM
FUNDED ACTIVITIES |
3/23/2000 |
1146 |
AB-00-24.60 |
3/23/2000 |
Development and Dissemination of a Product Classification List for HCPCS Code
L0430 |
6/1/2000 |
1083 |
A-00-19.60 |
3/23/2000 |
Implementation of Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System
(PECOS) |
6/12/2000 |
1120 |
AB-00-23.60 |
3/23/2000 |
Medigap (Medicare supplemental insurance) Insurers Fraud Referrals |
4/1/2000 |
1105 |
B-00-14.60 |
3/23/2000 |
Revisions to DMERC Information Form (DIF): Immunosuppressive Drugs DMERC Form
08.02 (latest revision 7/25/95). |
10/1/2000 |
1127 |
A-00-20.60 |
3/23/2000 |
The Report of Benefit Savings |
10/1/2000 |
1019 |
A-00-17.60 |
3/22/2000 |
Changes to FY 2000 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System
(PPS)Policies As Required by the Medicare, Medicaid, and State-Child Health
Insurance Program Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA), P.L.
106-113 |
5/15/2000 |
1129 |
A-00-18.60 |
3/22/2000 |
Fiscal Intermediary (FI) Community Mental Health Center (CMHC)Enrollment and
Change of Ownership (CHOW) Site Visit Process and Coordination with National CMHC
Site Visit Contractor |
4/1/2000 |
1109 |
AB-00-21.60 |
3/17/2000 |
Self-Administered Injectable Drugs and Biologicals |
3/17/2000 |
1164 |
AB-00-20.60 |
3/15/2000 |
GUIDANCE ON APRIL RELEASE IMPLEMENTATION |
N/A |
1157 |
AB-00-19.60 |
3/13/2000 |
Instructions to All Medicare Contractors for Reporting Audited Year 2000
Costs on the Final Administrative Costs Proposals |
3/31/2000 |
1137 |
AB-00-17.60 |
3/10/2000 |
Clarification of Liver Transplant Policy |
N/A |
1112 |
B-00-13.60 |
3/9/2000 |
Calculation of National Standard Format (NSF) for Electronic Remittance
Advice (ERA) Amount Fields and Balancing of NSF Data; and Clarification to Claim
NSF Field EAO 21 for Coordination of Benefits--Modification of Program Memorandum
(PM) B-99-42 (CR1016) of December 1999 |
5/15/2000 |
1130 |
A-00-15.60 |
3/9/2000 |
Hospital Outpatient Procedures: Medicare Changes for Radiology and Other
Diagnostic Coding Due to the 1998 HCPCS Update; Miscellaneous Changes |
7/1/2000 |
1110 |
A-00-16.60 |
3/9/2000 |
The Balanced Budget Refinement Act (BBRA) Revision to PM Trasmittal No.
A-99-51: FY 2000 Prospective Payment System and Excluded Hospital Bill Processing
Changes--Wage Adjust 75th Percentile Cap of the Target Amounts or Excluded
Hospitals and Units |
7/1/2000 |
1128 |
A-00-13.60 |
3/7/2000 |
Procedures for Financial Reporting of Medicare Letter of Credit Draws and
Collections between the Hospital Insurance (HI) and Supplemental Medical
Insurance (SMI) Trust Funds |
3/31/2000 |
1152 |
A-00-14.60 |
3/6/2000 |
Hospital Outpatient Radiology Services |
7/1/2000 |
1114 |
AB-00-18.60 |
3/2/2000 |
Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)--The Balanced
Budget Refinement Act of 1999 |
4/1/2000 |
1070 |
A-00-10.60 |
3/2/2000 |
Discarding Program Memoranda on Surety Bonds |
N/A |
N/A |
B-00-08.60 |
3/2/2000 |
Instruction for Usage of the Revised Oxygen Certificate of Medical Necessity
Form 484.2 (dated 11/99)-----ACTION |
10/1/2000 |
1082 |
AB-00-16.60 |
3/2/2000 |
Instructions to All Medicare Contractors for Reporting Audited Year 2000
Costs on the Final Administrative Costs Proposals |
2/1/2000 |
1062 |
A-00-11.60 |
3/2/2000 |
Medicare Home Health Benefit - Section 4615 of the Balanced Budget Act of
1997. Clarification That No Home Health Benefits Are Authorized Based Solely on
Drawing Blood. |
N/A |
401 |
A-00-12.60 |
3/2/2000 |
Revision of Final Date to Accept Abbreviated Version of the UB-92 for
Encounter Data Collection |
7/1/2000 |
1122 |
AB-00-15.60 |
2/28/2000 |
Delay of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Coverage Policy |
4/1/2000 |
1138 |
B-00-12.60 |
2/24/2000 |
Notification Process for Changes to Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)
Designations |
4/1/2000 |
1100 |
AB-00-14.60 |
2/24/2000 |
Questions and Answers Regarding the Prospective Payment System (PPS) for
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services and Physical Medicine Current Procedural
Terminology (CPT) Coding Guidance |
N/A |
842 |
AB-00-12.60 |
2/18/2000 |
CORRECTION to Coordination of Benefits (COB) Contractor Numbers |
5/15/2000 |
1126 |
A-00-09.60 |
2/18/2000 |
Hospital Outpatient Services Prospective Payment System (PPS) Background |
7/1/2000 |
1012 |
AB-00-13.60 |
2/18/2000 |
New Waived Tests -- Effective Date of Receipt |
5/15/2000 |
1091 |
A-00-08.60 |
2/18/2000 |
Payment Safeguard Review of Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment
Bills--Updated Instructions |
3/1/2000 |
1064 |
B-00-10.60 |
2/16/2000 |
First Quarterly Update to the 2000 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Database--INFORMATION |
4/1/2000 |
1134 |
AB-00-10.60 |
2/16/2000 |
Implementing Instructions for Services Provided in Religious Nonmedical
Health Care Institutions (RNHCIs) |
7/1/2000 |
1106 |
AB-00-11.60 |
2/16/2000 |
Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) -- Identification and Write Off/Adjustment of
MSP Settlement Related Group Health Plan (GHP) Based Accounts Receivable (AR),
and Write Off of Unsupportable MSP AR |
N/A |
899 |
B-00-11.60 |
2/16/2000 |
Paramedic Intercept -- New Definition for Rural |
3/1/2000 |
1107 |
AB-00-06.60 |
2/11/2000 |
. Do Not Forward (DNF). Initiative |
7/1/2000 |
681 |
AB-00-07.60 |
2/11/2000 |
Moratorium on Data Center Movements |
2/11/2000 |
1089 |
AB-00-08.60 |
2/11/2000 |
Payment for All Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF)
Services Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) |
7/1/2000 |
1113 |
AB-00-05.60 |
2/8/2000 |
Operating Instructions for Expanded Coverage of the Electrical Osteogenic
Stimulator for Fracture Healing. Effective for Services Performed on or After
4/l/2000. |
4/1/2000 |
1085 |
AB-00-04.60 |
2/3/2000 |
April Quarterly Update for 2000 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics,
Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule |
4/1/2000 |
1053 |
AB-00-03.60 |
2/2/2000 |
Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments |
2/2/2000 |
1037 |
A-00-07.60 |
1/31/2000 |
Addition of Modifiers 25, 58, 78, and 79 to the List of Modifiers Approved
for Hospital Outpatient Use and Correction to Program Memorandum (PM)A-99-41 |
5/15/2000 |
1079 |
B-00-09.60 |
1/31/2000 |
Clarification of Medicare Policies Concerning Ambulance Services |
1/31/2000 |
1065 |
B-00-07.60 |
1/28/2000 |
Changes to Correct Coding Edits, Version 6.1, Effective April 1, 2000 |
5/15/2000 |
1004 |
AB-00-02.60 |
1/28/2000 |
DMERCs -- Pre-Discharge Delivery of DMEPOS for Fitting and Training |
4/1/2000 |
901 |
A-00-06.60 |
1/28/2000 |
Instructions for an End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facility to Retain Its
Previously Approved Exception Payment Rate |
1/30/2000 |
1102 |
A-00-05.60 |
1/28/2000 |
This Program Memorandum re-issues Program Memorandum A-99-5, Change Request
789 dated February 1999. |
N/A |
789 |
B-00-06.60 |
1/28/2000 |
This Program Memorandum re-issues Program Memorandum B-99-6, Change Request
777 dated March 1999. |
N/A |
777 |
B-00-04.60 |
1/21/2000 |
Fee-for-Service Enrollment of Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) for the
Indirect Payment Procedure |
2/7/2000 |
954 |
AB-00-01.60 |
1/18/2000 |
Prospective Payment System for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services and
Application of Financial Limitation |
N/A |
483 |
B-00-05.60 |
1/14/2000 |
Adjustment to Remittance Advice (RA), Explanation of Medicare Benefits (EOMB)
and Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) Messages Generated by Carriers for Services
Subject to the Facility/Non-Facility Payment Differential on the Medicare
Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) |
7/1/2000 |
1058 |
B-00-03.60 |
1/7/2000 |
Emergency Changes to the 2000 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database--
ACTION |
1/17/2000 |
1104 |
A-00-03.60 |
1/7/2000 |
Implementation of H.R. 3426, the Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Child
Health Insurance Program Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA '99),
P.L. 106-113, Section 301(a) |
4/1/2000 |
1078 |
A-00-04.60 |
1/7/2000 |
Provider Statistical and Reimbursement Report (PS&R) Unibill Record |
5/15/2000 |
1095 |
A-00-01.60 |
1/4/2000 |
Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Patients When
Receiving Outpatient/Emergency Care in a Medicare-Participating Hospital or
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) |
N/A |
711 |
A-00-02.60 |
1/4/2000 |
Installation of the Medicare Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Version 15.1 |
1/31/2000 |
1096 |
B-00-01.60 |
1/4/2000 |
Paramedic Intercept Provisions of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 |
N/A |
783 |
B-00-02.60 |
1/4/2000 |
Payment for Teleconsultations in Rural Health Professional Shortage
Areas |
N/A |
545 |