Transmittals

Payment for Hospital Observation Services (Codes 99217 - 99220) and Observation or Inpatient Care Services (Including Admission and Discharge Services - Codes 99234 - 99236)

Subsequent Hospital Visits and Hospital Discharge Day Management Services (Codes 99231 - 99239)

MANUALIZATION of Payment for Outpatient ESRD-Related Services

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

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 Changes to Independent Laboratory Billing for the Technical Component of Physician Pathology Services

Part B Drug Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) Quarterly Drug List Update

Systems Changes for Prescription Order Numbers for the Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) for Part B Drugs and Biologicals

Clinical Lab: New Automated Test for the AMCC Panel Payment Algorithm

Extension of the Dates of Service Eligible for the Physician Scarcity Area (PSA) Bonus Payment

Adjudicating Claims for Immunosuppressive Drugs When Medicare Did Not Pay for the Original Transplant

Medicare Fee For Service Legacy Provider IDs Prohibited on Form CMS-1500 and Form CMS-1450 (UB-04) Claims

January 2008 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)- Manualization

Modification of Payment Window Edits in the Common Working File (CWF) to Look at Line Item Dates of Service (LIDOS) on Outpatient Claims

Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation Counseling Billing Code Update

Emergency Update to the 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database

New HCPCS Modifiers when Billing for Patient Care in Clinical Research Studies

Summary of Policies in the 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the Telehealth Originating Site Facility Fee Payment Amount

Clarification Regarding the Coordination of Benefits Agreement (COBA) Medigap Claim-Based Crossover Process

New Value Code to Report Patient Prior Payments

January 2008 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)