Transmittals

Modify the Common Working File (CWF) Application to Allow the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Effective and Termination dates for all MSP Occurrences to be Equal

HITECH Overpayment Data Collection Coordination between FISS, MCS and the NLR

Physician Certification and Recertification of Services Manual Changes

System Changes to VMS to Allow DME MACs to Adjust Claims Denied as a Result of ZPIC Auto-Denial Edits to Pay After an Appeals Decision

Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), and Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) Update

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) 5010/D.0 Fixes

October Common Edits and Enhancements Module (CEM) and Receipt, Control, and Balancing Updates

Update ViPS Medicare System (VMS) Automated Development System (ADS) to Recognize and Print the ICD-10 Indicator

Modify CROWD Form K to allow for the submission of additional Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) savings information.

New Waived Tests

Updates to Pub 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 3: Inpatient Hospital Billing

End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Low Volume Adjustment and Establishing Quarterly Updates to the ESRD Prospective Payment System (PPS)

Update the existing ViPS Medicare System (VMS) Utilization Parameter files for ICD-10.

Expand Related Diagnosis File to Accommodate ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes

New HCPCS Q-codes for 2010-2011 Seasonal Influenza Vaccines

Screening for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection

Adjudication of Laboratory Tests that are Excluded from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) Edits

Section 1833 (a)(1)(F) of the Social Security Act - Payment of Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in a Method II Critical Access Hospital (CAH)

Transition Budget Neutrality Adjustment - Correction

Instructions for Multi Carrier System (MCS) to review submitted claims history and identify Primary Care Incentive Payment Program (PCIP) eligible services furnished by newly enrolled Medicare primary care practitioners.