Transmittals and MLN Matters articles: CMS updates SOM, issues quarterly lab NCD and interest rate update, and more
Medicare Weekly Update, July 27, 2010
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CMS incorporates 2010 rulemaking into State Operations Manual
On July 16, CMS issued a transmittal to revise the State Operations Manual, making changes that incorporate rulemaking from the 2010 IPPS.
Effective date: July 16, 2010
Implementation date: July 16, 2010
CMS updates lab NCD edit module
On July 16, CMS issued a transmittal to communicate quarterly updates to the edit module based on NCDs for clinical diagnostic laboratory services. The transmittal business requirements contain code-specific changes to the edit module.
Effective date: October 1, 2010
Implementation date: October 4, 2010
CMS updates claim status codes
On July 16, CMS issued a transmittal to implement updated claim status codes and claim status category codes.
Effective date: October 1, 2010
Implementation date: October 4, 2010
View a related MLN Matters article.
CMS updates interest rates for overpayments/underpayments
On July 14, CMS issued a transmittal to implement an interest rate of 11.00% for Medicare overpayments and underpayments, effective July 21.
Effective date: July 21, 2010
Implementation date: July 21, 2010
CMS re-issues transmittals
CMS rescinded and replaced several transmittals previously outlined in Medicare Weekly Update.
- Revisions and Re-issuance of Audiology Policies
- Billing and Claims Processing for Automatic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) Services
- Updates to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) PPS, Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) PPS Changes due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Chapter 10 Manual Redesign
MLN Matters articles
CMS released several MLN Matters articles related to transmittals previously outlined in Medicare Weekly Update.
- Updates to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) PPS, Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) PPS Changes due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
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