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Federal Registers | SNF PPS - Program Memoranda | Consolidated Billing - Program Memoranda | Swing Bed - Program Memoranda



Federal Registers

Medicare Program; Provider Reimbursement Determinations and Appeals -- June 25, 2004: Vol. 69, No. 122 CMS-1727-P
PDF File, 319kb
SNF PPS Interim Final Rule -- May 12, 1998: Vol. 63, No. 91 fr12ma98.pdf
PDF File, 993kb
SNF PPS "Final" Final Rule - July 30, 1999: Vol. 64, No. 146 1913F.pdf
PDF File, 180kb
FY 2000 SNF PPS Update Notice -- July 30, 1999: Vol. 64, No. 146 fr31jy99.pdf
PDF File, 347kb
FY 2001 SNF PPS Proposed Rule -- April 10, 2000: Vol. 65, No. 69 1112-p1.pdf
PDF File, 2.16mb
1112-p2.pdf
PDF File, 4.54mb
1112-p3.pdf
PDF File, 585kb
FY 2001 SNF PPS Final Rule -- July 31, 2000: Vol. 65, No. 147 fr31jy00.pdf
PDF File, 464kb
FY 2002 SNF PPS Final Rule -- July 31, 2001: Vol. 66, No. 147 fr31jy01.pdf
PDF File, 546kb
Notice of Modification of Beneficiary Assessment Requirements for SNFs -- May 31, 2002: Vol. 67, No. 105 fr31ma02.pdf
PDF File, 56kb
Revision of the Procedures for Requesting Exceptions to the Cost Limits for SNFs & Elimination of Reclassifications; Technical Correction -- July 26, 2002: Vol. 67, No. 144 fr26jy02.pdf
PDF File, 43kb
FY 2003 SNF PPS Update Notice -- July 31, 2002: Vol. 67, No. 147 fr31jy02.pdf
PDF File, 1.78mb
FY 2002 SNF PPS Proposed Rule -- May 10, 2003: Vol. 66, No. 91 1163p.pdf
PDF File, 338kb
FY 2004 SNF PPS Proposed Rule -- May 16, 2003: Vol. 68, No. 95 1469p.pdf
PDF File, 1.51mb
FY 2004 SNF PPS Supplemental Proposed Rule -- June 10, 2003: Vol. 68, No. 111 1469p2.pdf
PDF File, 111kb
FY 2004 SNF PPS Final Rule -- August 4, 2003: Vol. 68, No. 149 Display Version (Zip File, 110kb)

FR Notice (PDF file, 1.63mb)
FY 2004 SNF PPS Final Rule; Correction Notice -- September 29, 2003: Vol. 68, No. 188 Display Version (Zip File, 56kb)

FR Notice (PDF file, 452kb)
FY 2005 SNF PPS Update Notice -- July 30, 2004: Vol. 69, No. 146 Display Version
(ZIP File, 83kb)

FR Notice (PDF file, 1.61mb)
Correction to July 30, 2004 SNF Update Notice: Federal Register (Vol. 69, No. 194, page 60158)
Display Version (ZIP File, 12.7kb)

FR Notice (PDF file, 49kb)

CMS Program Memoranda - SNF PPS

Payment Safeguard Review of SNF Prospective Payment Bills--Updated Instructions A-00-08.60, PDF file
SNF Adjustment Billing: Adjustment to HIPPS Codes Resulting From MDS Corrections A-00-46, PDF file
SNF Annual Update: PPS Pricer and Health Insurance PPS (HIPPS) Coding Changes A-00-47.60, PDF file
Fiscal Intermediary (FI) Instructions on Applying Payment Bans on Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Admissions AB-01-131, PDF file
Medicare Part A SNF PPS Update A-02-057, PDF file
SNF Adjustment Billing: Adjustments to HIPPS Codes Resulting From MDS Corrections A-02-121, PDF file
Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Update A-03-075, PDF file
Provider Reimbursement Manual, Part 2, Provider Cost Reporting Forms and Instructions,Chapter 35, Form CMS-2540-96 Transmittal 13, PDF file
Provider Reimbursement Manual, Part 2, Provider Cost Reporting Forms and Instructions, Chapter 36, Form CMS-2552-96 Transmittal 11, PDF file
New Requirements for CAHs Transmittal 68, PDF file

CMS Program Memoranda - Consolidated Billing (CB)

CB for SNF Patients When Receiving Outpatient/Emergency Care in a Medicare-Participating Hospital or CAH A-00-01.60, PDF file
CB for SNFs - BBA of 1999 AB-00-18.60, PDF file
Fee Schedule and CB and SNF Services A-00-88.60, PDF file
CB for SNF Residents B-00-67.60, PDF file
Delay of Carrier and Intermediary Actions Required in CRs 1256 and 1323, CB for SNF Residents, and Fee Schedule for Part B Residents and Outpatients AB-01-33.60, PDF file
Billing for Audiologic Function Tests For Beneficiaries That Are Patients of a SNF AB-01-71.60, PDF file
Implementation of Fee Schedule for Additional Part B Services Furnished by a SNF or Another Entity Under Arrangements with the SNF A-01-94.60, PDF file
Correction to Program Memorandum (PM) A-01-94 (CR 1689): Implementation of Fee Schedule for Additional Part B Services Furnished by a SNF or Another Entity Under Arrangements with the SNF A-01-119.60, PDF file
New Common Working File (CWF) Edits and Standard System Responses on SNF Claims AB-01-158.60, PDF file
Common Working File (CWF) Reject and Utilization Edits and Carrier Resolution for Consolidated Billing for SNF Residents AB-01-159.60, PDF file
HCPCS Code Updates and Corrections for SNF Part A PPS Consolidated Billing and SNF Part B Fee Schedule for 2002. A-01-135.60, PDF file
Clarification and HCPCs Coding Update: Part B Fee Schedule And CB for SNF Services A-01-142.60, PDF file
Notification to Carriers and Providers of SNF CB Coding Information on CMS Web site B-02-002.60, PDF file
Common Working File (CWF) Unsolicited Response Edit and Carrier Resolution for Consolidated Billing for SNF Residents AB-02-021.60, PDF file
Common Working File (CWF) Edits with Unsolicited Responses for SNF Consolidated Billing AB-02-023.60, PDF file
Corrections to Program Memorandum (PM) A-01-135 -- Codes Billable by SNFs and Suppliers for SNF Residents AB-02-027.60, PDF file
Reissue of information in CR 1955, Transmittal AB-02-021, Common Working File (CWF) Unsolicited Response Edit and Carrier Resolution for Consolidated Billing for SNF Residents AB-02-037.60, PDF file
Corrections to Program Memorandum (PM) A-01-135 -- Codes Billable by SNFs and Suppliers for SNF Residents AB-02-043.60, PDF file
Corrections to: Changes to the PPS & Consolidated Billing for SNF-Update as published in the Federal Register, FY2001 (66 FR 39572, July 31, 2001), and Transmittal A-01-144, December 20, 2001 A-02-101, PDF file
Revision to Messages for SNF Consolidated Billing and Implementation of Common Working File (CWF) Edits for Clinical Social Workers (CSWs) for SNF Consolidated Billing B-02-067, PDF file
Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for SNF Consolidated Billing Enforcemnt, Updated SNF Help File A-02-118, PDF file
Revisions to CWF Edits for SNF Consolidated Billing to Permit Payment for Certain Diagnostic Services Furnished to Beneficiaries Receiving Treatment for ENd Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) at an Independent or Provider-Based Dialysis Facility AB-02-175, PDF file
Annual Update of HCPCS Codes used for SNF Consolidated Billing Enforcement CR 2926, PDF file
Revised SNF NO PAY File—Effective January 1, 2004 CR 2983, PDF file
January 2004 annual update of HCPCS codes used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement CR 3024 (168kb, PDF file)
Updates to the January 2004 Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing Enforcement CR 3070 (366kb, PDF file)
Implementation of Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing CWF Edit for Therapy Codes Considered Separately Payable Physician Services CR 2944 (248kb, PDF file)
Revision to Required Messages in Change Request (CR) 2944, Implementation of Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing Edit for Therapy Codes Considered Separately Payable Physician Services CR 3156 (173kb, PDF file)
Change to the Common Working File (CWF) Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Edits for Ambulance Transports to or from a Diagnostic or Therapeutic Site Other than a Physician's Office or Hospital CR 3196 (80kb, PDF file)
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing: Services Furnished Under an "Arrangement" With an Outside Entity CR 3248 (102kb, PDF file)
Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing L Codes - DMERCs and Fis CR 3295 (54kb, PDF file)
Change to the Common Working File (CWF) Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Edits for Drugs and Electrocardiogram (EKG) Testing Provided During an Ambulance Transport CR 3212 (71kb, PDF file)
Update to the Common Working File Edits for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) to Expand the Bypass for Pharmacy Services. CR 3277 (83kb, PDF file)

CMS Program Memoranda - Swing Bed

Revision to Billing for Swing Bed Services Under SNF PPS A-02-060, PDF file
Upcoming Train-the-Trainer Session for Hospital Swing Bed Facility PPS A-02-028, PDF file
Conversion of Hospital Swing Bed Facilities to the SNF PPS A-02-016, PDF file
Exemption of Critical Access Hospital Swing Bed from SNF PPS A-01-09, PDF file
New Requirements for CAHs Transmittal 68, PDF file


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