Transmittals

Deactivation Letter for the Multi-Carrier System (MCS)

Additional Instructions on Processing Claims for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Items Submitted Under the Guidelines Established in Change Request (CR) 5917

Establishing New Practice Locations in a Different State

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) (FDG) for Cervical Cancer

January 2010 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System

Tracking the Hospice Attending Physician"s National Provider Identifier (NPI) for Validating Hospice Part B Payments

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

MIPPA Section 139 Teaching Anesthesiologists

Quarterly Update to Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits, Version 16.0, Effective January 1, 2010

New Waived Tests

January 2010 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files

Claim Status Category Code and Claim Status Code Update

Therapy Cap Values for Calendar Year (CY) 2010

Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for January 2010

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Annual Clotting Factor Furnishing Fee Update

Place of Service (POS) and Date of Service (DOS) Instructions for Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests

2010 Annual Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Code System (HCPCS) Codes for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Update

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) (FDG) for Cervical Cancer

Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for Calendar Year 2010