Transmittals

January 2015 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files

To add Table 26 to update the Medicare Payment Rates for routine SNF-type services by swing-bed hospitals during calendar years 2015. These rates should be used to carve out swing-bed costs on the hospital cost report.

Conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10 and from ASC X12 Version 4010 to 5010

Transitioning Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Workloads to the New Banking Contractor(s)

Transitioning Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Workloads to the New Banking Contractor(s)

Updating ICD-10 language in the Provider Reimbursement Manual. There are no new policies in this transmittal. Specific policy changes have been announced previously in various communications.

To clarify and correct the existing instructions and incorporate statutory and regulatory changes.

To clarify and correct the existing instructions and incorporate statutory and regulatory changes.

To clarify and correct the existing instructions and incorporate statutory and regulatory changes.

To clarify and correct existing instructions

New Waived Tests

Billing for Cost Based Payment for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) Services Furnished by Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Hospitals

Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) PPS Changes

Quarterly Update for the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) - January 2015

Claims that are Related

October Update to the CY 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)

October Update to the CY 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)

Screening for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Adults

Screening for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Adults

Pub 100-03, Chapter 1, language-only update