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- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part A News-“Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference”
Read moreJH Part A Teleconference Handout: “Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference” March 19, 2014 (10:00am-11:00am CT) Join us for our Jurisdiction H Part A “Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference” on March 19, 2014 at 10:00am CT. During this teleconference, we will discuss the most current Medicare changes and allow you to interact directly with representatives from...
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Medicare Part A News- MLN Matters Articles
Read moreMedicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters Articles from CMS New: MM8658 – April 2014 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 15.1 Revised: MM8465 – International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) Testing with Providers through the Common Edits and Enhancements Module (CEM) and Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI)
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part A- JH Top Claim Submission Errors 2/14
Read moreJH Part A Top Claim Submission Errors – February 2014 The Part A Top Claim Submission Errors for February 2014 have been posted. Please review resolutions to the errors that may impact you.
- March 20, 2014
JH MAC Local Coverage Determination
Read moreThe following JH MAC Local Coverage Determination (LCD) is posted for notice and will become effective for dates of service on or after May 1, 2014: Hemophilia Factor Products (L32735) The following JH MAC Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) have been revised: 3D Interpretation and Reporting of Imaging Studies (L32602)...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part B-MLN Connects, Weekly Provider News
Read moreCMS MLN Connects Provider e-News The March 13, 2014 edition of the MLN Connects Provider e-News is now available. Subscribe to the newsletter by clicking here.
- March 19, 2014
Colorado Legislature Readies to Tackle Telecom, Rural Broadband Reform – Again
Read moreColorado House Democratic leaders say they plan to reintroduce telecommunications law reforms as early as next week, believing they have tweaked the legislation enough to get it over the hurdles that killed similar bills the past four years. Rep. Angela Williams, the Denver Democrat who will sponsor the package,...
- March 19, 2014
With Less Than Two Weeks To Go, More Than 100K Coloradans Have Signed Up For Private Insurance
Read moreThere’s less than two weeks remaining for people who don’t have health coverage to get it. Plans won’t be available on demand after that until next fall. So far, more than 100,000 Coloradans have now signed up for new, private health insurance plans through the state’s online shopping portal....
- March 19, 2014
House Passes SGR Bill Without Rural Extenders, Senate Bill To Come to Floor Next Week
Read moreA once-bipartisan proposal to finally reform the deeply flawed way that Medicare pays doctors succumbed Friday to the partisan politics of Obamacare, particularly the unpopular individual mandate. The House voted 238-181 to replace the payment formula — the complicated equation that for more than a decade has required annual...
- March 19, 2014
Sweeping New Health Plan Rules Proposed
Read moreThe Obama administration issued sweeping new proposed rules (PDF) late Friday affecting provider networks in insurance exchange plans, consumer access to quality information about plans, selection of plans in the small business exchanges, state rules on enrollment navigators, and reinsurance and medical loss ratios for insurers. The Centers for...
- March 19, 2014
Medicare Part B- Avoiding Claim Delays
Read moreAvoid Claim Delays – Start using the New CMS-1500 (02-12) Claim Form Today! As of April 1, 2014, we will no longer accept the CMS-1500 (08-05) claim form. Please begin using the new CMS-1500 (02-12) claim form now. Read the full article by clicking here.
