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- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part A- POE Advisory Group Meeting Minutes
Read moreJH Part A Provider Outreach and Education (POE) Advisory Group (AG) Meeting Minutes 2/20/2014 The Jurisdiction H Part A Provider Outreach and Education (POE) Advisory Group (AG) Meeting Minutes for 2-20-2014 are now available for your review here.
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Therapy Threshold Cap
Read moreRelease of Therapy Threshold Cap claims effective 2/28/2014 Late Development of Therapy Threshold Cap Additional Development Requests (ADR’s) CMS provided direction that February 28 is the last day a MAC may send Pre-Payment ADRs for the Recovery Auditor Prepayment Review Demonstration. Due to the timing of system processing for...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part B-Route to ICD-10
Read moreRoad to 10: The Small Physicians Practices Route to ICD-10 Are you a small physicians practice wondering how to transition to ICD-10? Well you’re in luck!! We posted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Road to 10: The Small Physicians Practices Route to ICD-10, on the ICD-10 Implementation...
- March 20, 2014
CREATE Tip of the Week – Self-Score
Read moreSelf – Score Your Application Before A CREATE Review Did you know that the CREATE Scoring Tool used in CREATE Review’s by the Financial Waiver and Expert Review Committee’s is posted on the CREATE website? This tool is an outstanding tool for self-evaluating and improving each section of your...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part B-“Ask the Contractor Teleconference”
Read moreJH Part B Teleconference Handout: “Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference” March 20, 2014 (10:00am-11:30am CT) The Jurisdiction H Part B Ask-the-Teleconference Agenda for March 20, 2014 is available for your viewing pleasure by clicking here.
- March 20, 2014
Place of Service Codes Webinar
Read morePart B Webinar Handout: “Using Place of Service Codes Correctly” March 19, 2014 (2:00pm -3:00pm ET, 1:00pm-2:00pm CT) If you are struggling to determine which place of service codes you need to use to complete your Medicare billing, then you must attend our webinar on “Using Place of Service...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part A-Important Announcement for J12901 and J04911 Providers
Read moreUPDATED: Important Announcement for J12901 and J04911 Providers Connecting to the Hewlett-Packard (HP) Data Center Effective Monday, March 24, 2014, you will no longer access FISS via HP Data Center. Instead, you will be accessing through the Companion Data System (CDS). Please read the full details of this article...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part A- “Dark Days” for Common Working File Hosts
Read moreApril 2014 Release “Dark Days” for the Common Working File (CWF) Hosts For the upcoming April 2014 Release, Change Request (CR) 8382, Common Working File (CWF) Part A Claim Record Expansion, the CWF Hosts will be performing a history conversion. Due to the anticipated duration of this activity, there...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part A-Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013
Read morePathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 – FY 2014 Low Volume 412.101 Applications Section 1105 – Extension of Medicare Inpatient Hospital Payment Adjustment for Low-Volume Hospitals – The Affordable Care Act allowed qualifying low-volume hospitals to receive add-on payments based on the number of Medicare discharges from the...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part B News- Customer Contact Training Schedule
Read moreCustomer Contact Center Training Schedule for April 2014 The Customer Contact Centers will close for training on Friday, April 4th and thereafter Thursday afternoons in the month of April. Please visit our Holiday and Training webpage for all of the dates and times.
