The following information is provided by Novitas Solutions.
Informational Alert
Common Working File (CWF) Hosts will be Conducting History Purges
- On Saturday, May 3, 2014, the CWF Southwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Great Western Hosts will be conducting a history purge.
- On Saturday, May 10, 2014, the CWF Southeast, South, and Pacific Hosts will be conducting a history purge.
- On Saturday, May 17, 2014, the CWF Northeast, Great Lakes, and Keystone Hosts will be conducting a history purge.
Due to the anticipated duration of this activity and to ensure the completion of weekly processing and scheduled data center maintenance, there will be a CWF Dark Day at those Hosts only on the Saturday specified for the purge.
This means there will be no access to the Health Insurance Master Record (HIMR) query, which is usually available until noon on Saturdays. All files received from satellites for each Fridays’ cycle will be completed prior to bringing CWF production down for those three weeks. If, for any reason, satellite files are received late Saturday morning, they will be processed by CWF after the history purge has been completed.
The oldest claim history maintained at all nine of the CWF Hosts, after the purge process will be as follows:
- Oldest Inpatient claim Thru Date to be kept on file is January 1, 1966
- Oldest Outpatient claim Thru Date to be kept on file is February 1, 2012 (27 months)
- Oldest Part B claim Thru Date to be kept on file is May 1, 2012 (24 months)
MLN Connects Provider eNews for May 1, 2014
Please take note of the “Preventive Services Payable to RHCs and FQHCs” article that is included in the Claims, Pricers and Codes section. View the newsletter here
2014 Medicare Symposium “Understand the Basics of the Medicare Program” Session Handout Updated
The 2014 Medicare Symposium session handout for “Understand the Basics of the Medicare Program” has been updated! If you have registered for this event, please take the time to review and print the updated handout.
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