Transmittals

Incorporates select Federal Register provisions as well as select legislative provisions

Calendar Year (CY) 2013 Participation Enrollment and Medicare Participating Physicians and Suppliers Directory (MEDPARD) Procedures

Elimination of the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) Off Quarter User Releases

Reasonable Charge Update for 2013 for Splints, Casts, and Certain Intraocular Lenses

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)2013 File Layout Manual

Correct Provider Billing of Line Item Rendering Physician on the Paper UB-04 Claims Form

Revised and Clarified Place of Service (POS) Coding Instructions

Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments -1st qtr Notfication for FY 2013

Recompiling of Application Data Structure Descriptors

Influenza Vaccine Payment Allowances - Annual Update for 2012-2013 Season

New Waived Tests

Annual Clotting Factor Furnishing Fee Update 2013

Influenza Vaccine Payment Allowances - Annual Update for 2012-2013 Season

Quarterly Update for the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) - January 2013

Maintenance and Update of the Temporary Hook Created to Hold OPPS Claims that Include Certain Drug HCPCS Codes

General Update to Chapter 15 of the Program Integrity Manual (PIM) - Part VIII

New Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) Consistency Edit to Validate Attending Physician NPI

Adds material to conform to the current regulations; revises terminology to reflect current usage; revises text to clarify its meaning or to eliminate obsolete policy; and adds, deletes, or corrects cross references.

Donations to a Provider of Produce, Supplies, Space, Etc., has been added to contain the policy previously contained in §§ 608 and 610 of Chapter 6.

October Update to the CY 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)