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- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part B News- Medicare Insights Podcast
By Jen Dunn on March 20, 2014Read moreDon’t miss this week’s Medicare Insights Weekly Podcast Interview with Medial Affairs We wrap up our podcast series on Local Coverage Determinations with an interview with a representative from Medical Affairs. If you haven’t listened to our podcasts, this is the time to start! Information on podcast subscription can...
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Medicare Part B News-Submitting Medical Records by Disc
By Jen Dunn on March 20, 2014Read moreSubmitting Medical Records by Disc (CD or DVD) We are receiving encrypted CD’s without passwords- or they are defective or not readable. Failure to obtain the password from you will impact access to the medical records and may have a negative impact on your claim. Please review bulletin, Submitting...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part A News-“Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference”
By Jen Dunn on March 20, 2014Read 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...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part A News- MLN Matters Articles
By Jen Dunn on March 20, 2014Read 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
By Jen Dunn on March 20, 2014Read 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
By Jen Dunn on March 20, 2014Read 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
By Jen Dunn on March 20, 2014Read 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
By Alicia Haywood on March 19, 2014Read 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
By Alicia Haywood on March 19, 2014Read 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
By Alicia Haywood on March 19, 2014Read 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...