Transmittals

File Conversions Related to the Spanish Translation of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Descriptions

New State Code for CA, FL, LA, MI, MS, OH, PA, TN and TX

Removal of Quality Programs from the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Disclosure Report

Updates to Reflect Removal of Functional Reporting Requirements and Therapy Provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

April 2019 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files

Update to Publication (Pub.) 100-04 Chapter 11 to Provide Language-Only Changes for the New Medicare Card Project

Modifications to the National Coordination of Benefits Agreement (COBA) Crossover Process

Ensuring Organ Acquisition Charges Are Not Included in the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Payment Calculation

Processing Veterans Administration (VA) Inpatient Claims Exempt from Present on Admission (POA) Reporting

Revising the Remittance Advice Messaging for the 20-Hour Weekly Minimum for Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Services

Utilizing Data from the USPS Secure Destruction Program to Suppress Mailing Medicare Summary Notices (MSNs) to Undeliverable Addresses

Reduce/Eliminate Screen-Scraping for Shared Systems by Creating Transaction-based Access to Common Working File (CWF) Beneficiary Data - Analysis and Design

Targeted Probe and Educate

New Waived Tests

Quarterly Update for the Temporary Gap Period of the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) - April 2019

Quarterly Update to the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) Edits, Version 25.1 Effective April 1, 2019

Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs)

2019 Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Code Jurisdiction List

Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule – Medicare Travel Allowance Fees for Collection of Specimens

Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments -2nd Qtr Notification for FY 2019