Transmittals

Claim Status Category Code and Claim Status Code Update

Thermal Intradiscal Procedures (TIPs)

New Waived Tests

Annual Clotting Factor Furnishing Fee Update

Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement

Shipboard Services Billed to the Carrier and Services Not Provided Within the United States

Indian Health Service (IHS) Provider Payment to Non-IHS Physicians for Teleradiology Interpretations

Fee Schedule Update for 2009 for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies

Revised Form CMS-R-131 Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage

October 2009 Update to the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System; Summary of Payment Policy Changes

2009 Annual Update for the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Bonus Payments

Payment for Maintenance and Servicing of Certain Oxygen Equipment as a Result of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008- THIS CR RESCINDS

Revision to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Common Working File (CWF) Editing

J14 Part A and Part B Medicare Administrative Contractor (A/B MAC) New Workload Numbers for the States of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont

ctober 2009 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 10.3

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Annual Update: Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Changes for FY 2010

New Requirement for Ordering/Referring Information on Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Claims for Diagnostic Services

Physician Payment Amounts When Physicians Furnish Excluded Procedures in Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs)

Revisions to the Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) for Part B Drugs and Biologicals

Further Instruction for Implementation of the Next Version of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 835 Transaction and Related Standard Paper Remittance (SPR)