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PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP

Published on Wed May 07, 2003

The interest rate for Medicare overpayments and underpayments went up April 28, rising from 10.75 percent to 11.625 percent, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program memorandum AB-03-051 (http:// cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/AB03051.pdf). The rate was 13.75 percent at this time last year.

In other recent program memoranda, CMS:

  • requires Medicare carriers to disclose certain reasonable-charge data for ambulance services to managed care organizations (B-03-029; http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/B03029.pdf);
  • clarifies policies on the entitlement period for Medicare end-stage renal disease benefits (AB-03-048; http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/AB03048.pdf); and
  • corrects certain type-of-service inconsistencies on the common working file (B-03-30; http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/B03030.pdf); and
  • addresses concerns relating to the electronic correspondence referral system (AB-03-050; http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/AB03050).

     

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