Transmittals

July 2009 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files

Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Update FY 2010

Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for July 2009

Manual Clarifications for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) and Therapy Billing

List of Medicare Telehealth Services

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 837 5010 Coordination of Benefits (COB) Requirements--Part II

April 2009 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)

Rural Health Clinic (RHC) and Federally Qualified Health Clinic (FQHC) Updates

Correction to Editing of Health Insurance Prospective Payment System (HIPPS) Codes on Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Claims

New Common Working File (CWF) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Type for Workers" Compensation Medicare Set-aside Arrangements (WCMSAs), to Stop Conditional Payments

Speech-Language Pathology Private Practice Payment Policy

Manualization of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Record Layouts for Contractors Processing Institutional Claims

Assignment of Initial Enrollment FQHCs, ESRD Facilities, and RHCs

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

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Subject to and Excluded from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Edits

Shipboard Services Billed to the Carrier and Services Not Provided Within the United States. This CR rescinds and fully replaces CR 6217.

Heartsbreath Test for Heart Transplant Rejection

New Waived Tests

Quarterly Update to Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits, Version 15.1, Effective April 1, 2009

April 2009 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 10.1