Transmittals

Issuing Compliance Letters to Specific Providers and Suppliers Regarding Inappropriate Billing of Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMBs) for Medicare Cost-Sharing

Issuing Compliance Letters to Specific Providers and Suppliers Regarding Inappropriate Billing of Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMBs) for Medicare Cost-Sharing

Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program – Analysis of Meaningful Use Hospital Transition into Hospital Quality Reporting System

Revisions to the State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 2

Audit Trail for Reason Code Edit Changes

Modifications to the National Coordination of Benefits Agreement (COBA) Crossover Process

Implementation of Changes in the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Payment for Dialysis Furnished for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in ESRD Facilities for Calendar Year (CY) 2017

Implementation of Changes in the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Payment for Dialysis Furnished for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in ESRD Facilities for Calendar Year (CY) 2017

Calendar Year (CY) 2017 Participation Enrollment and Medicare Participating Physicians and Suppliers Directory (MEDPARD) Procedures

Adding a Foreign Language Tagline Sheet to Medicare Summary Notices (MSNs)

FISS Implementation of the Restructured Clinical Lab Fee Schedule

Extrapolated Overpayments

Update of Chapter 1 of the Managed Care Manual

Payment for Oxygen Volume Adjustments and Portable Oxygen Equipment

Updates to Pub. 100-04, Chapters 8, 13 and 14 to Correct Remittance Advice Messages

Phase 3 - Updating the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) to Make Payment for Drugs and Biologicals Services for Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Providers

Modifications to the National Coordination of Benefits Agreement (COBA) Crossover Process

Modifications to the National Coordination of Benefits Agreement (COBA) Crossover Process

Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) PPS Changes

Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for January 2017