Transmittals

October 2014 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System

October 2014 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System

Maintenance and Update of the Temporary Hook Created to Hold OPPS Claims that Include Certain Drug HCPCS Codes

Affordable Care Act Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative - Recurring File Updates Models 2 and 4 January 2015 Updates

Defending Medical Review Decisions at Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Hearings

Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix A – Survey Protocol, Regulations and Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals

Update to Pub. 100-04, Chapter 15 to Provide Language-Only Changes for Updating ICD-10, ASC X12, and Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) Implementation

Date Correction to Diagnosis Code Reporting on Religious Nonmedical Health Care Institution (RNHCI) Claims

Correction to Hospice Notice of Revocation Processing

Correction to Hospice Notice of Revocation Processing

New Physician Specialty Code for Interventional Cardiology

Update to State Operations Manual (SOM), Publication 100-07, Chapter 3, to Provide Language-Only Changes for Updating ICD-10

Manual Update to Clarify Claims Processing for Laboratory Services

Manual Update to Clarify Claims Processing for Laboratory Services

January 2015 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files

January 2015 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files

To add Table 26 to update the Medicare Payment Rates for routine SNF-type services by swing-bed hospitals during calendar years 2015. These rates should be used to carve out swing-bed costs on the hospital cost report.

Conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10 and from ASC X12 Version 4010 to 5010

Transitioning Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Workloads to the New Banking Contractor(s)

Transitioning Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Workloads to the New Banking Contractor(s)