Transmittals

Incorporation of Physician Fee Schedule Regulatory Changes into Chapter 10 of the Program Integrity Manual (PIM)

Correction to Prothrombin Time (PT/INR) Monitoring for Home Anticoagulation Management

January 2009 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System

Outpatient Therapy Caps with Exceptions in Calendar Year (CY) 2009

Updates to the Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Publication 100-04), Chapter 15, Ambulance Services

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

Emergency Update to the 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)

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

Manual Update to Include Billing Instructions for Professional Component (PC) and Technical Component (TC) in Regards to One Line Global Billing for Pathology Services

July Update to the 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)

October Quarterly Update to 2009 Annual Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Enforcement

Billing Routine Costs of Clinical Trials

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

Claims Processing Instructions for Diagnostic Tests Subject to the Anti-Markup Pricing Limitation

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

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

April Update to the 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)

Quarterly Update to Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits, Version 15.2, Effective July 1, 2009

April 2009 Update to the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System; Summary of Payment Policy Changes/Manual Revisions

New Drug/Biological Health Care Procedure Code System (HCPCS) Codes for July 2009 Update