CMS Transmittals and MLN Matters Articles
Medicare Weekly Update, June 19, 2007
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ICD-9-CM annual update
On June 15, CMS issued a transmittal notifying providers and Medicare contractors of the ICD-9-CM update.
Effective Date: October 1, 2007
Implementation Date: October 1, 2007
View this transmittal.
High-risk areas
On June 15, CMS issued a transmittal to program safeguard contractors regarding identification and reporting of high risk areas. Although not addressed to providers, the manual additions could assist providers in detected high risk areas within their own organizations.
Effective Date: July 16, 2007
Implementation Date: July 16, 2007
View this transmittal.
Updates to average sales pricing files
On June 15, CMS issued a transmittal announcing the July 2007 Quarterly Average Sales Price Medicare Part B Drug Pricing File, as well as revisions to the January 2007 and April 2007 Quarterly ASP Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files.
Effective Date: July 1, 2007
Implementation Date: July 2, 2007
View this transmittal.
View the related ASP files.
October 2007 update to HCPCS codes used for Skilled Nursing Facility consolidated billing enforcement
On June 15, CMS issued a transmittal providing updates to the lists of HCPCS codes that are subject to the consolidated billing provision of the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System.
View this transmittal.
New MLN Matters articles released
On June 12, CMS issued a special edition MLN Matters article on Medicare coverage of ambulance transports.
View this MLN Matters article.
CMS also issued several additional MLN Matters articles to accompany previously released transmittals. They are as follows:
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