Transmittals

Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for January 2017

Affordable Care Act Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative - Recurring File Updates Models 2 and 4 January 2017 Updates

Provider Reimbursement Manual - Part 1 Chapter 22, Determination of Cost of Services to Beneficiaries

Common Working File (CWF) to Remove Remaining Federal Tax Information (FTI) Received through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social Security Administration (SSA), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Data Match Program from CWF

Affordable Care Act - Operating Rules - Requirements for Phase II and Phase III Compliance for Batch Processing

Affordable Care Act - Operating Rules - Requirements for Phase II and Phase III Compliance for Batch Processing

Updates to the 72X Type of Bill for Home and Self-Dialysis Training, Retraining, and Nocturnal Hemodialysis

Clarification of Certain Policies in Pub. 100-08, Chapter 15 Regarding the Processing of Form CMS-855R Applications

Clarification of Certain Policies in Pub. 100-08, Chapter 15 Regarding the Processing of Form CMS-855R Applications

Internet Only Manual Updates to Pub. 100-01, 100-02 and 100-04 to Correct Errors and Omissions (SNF)

Internet Only Manual Updates to Pub. 100-01, 100-02 and 100-04 to Correct Errors and Omissions (SNF)

Internet Only Manual Updates to Pub. 100-01, 100-02 and 100-04 to Correct Errors and Omissions (SNF)

Influenza Vaccine Payment Allowances - Annual Update for 2016-2017 Season

Influenza Vaccine Payment Allowances - Annual Update for 2016-2017 Season

Update to Chapter 4, Pub. 100-08

Revisions to the State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix I – Survey Procedures for Life Safety Code Surveys

Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix J, Part II – Interpretive Guidelines – Responsibilities of Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Exhibit 355, Probes and Procedures for Appendix J

Ambulance Staffing Requirements

Ambulance Staffing Requirements

2017 Annual Update for the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Bonus Payments