Transmittals

PIM Chapter 6 MR Guidelines 6.54-6.5.7 Update

Medicare Appeals System (MAS)Level 1 Implementation

Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Medicare participation

Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 5

Revised Appendix A, Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals, Condition of Participation: Discharge Planning.

Type of Service (TOS) Corrections 2013

National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Transcatheter Aortic Value Replacement

National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Transcatheter Aortic Value Replacement

Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments-4th qtr Notification for FY 2013

Change in Creation Date for CMS Standard Edit/Audit/Reason Code Reports

Standardizing the Standard - Phase I

Update to Chapter 15 of the Program Integrity Manual (PIM).

Update to Chapter 15 of the Program Integrity Manual (PIM).

Clarifies calculation of the 2 percent Medicare sequestration adjustment, as indicated in the Office of Management and Budget Report to the Congress on the sequestration. Revised to reflect proper coding, usage, and identical cost center description terminology

Update the Medicare Secondary Payer Manuals to Indicate Unsolicited Refund Documentation is No Longer a Justification for Submission of a "I" record.

New Waived Tests

New Waived Tests

Quarterly Update to the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI)Edits, Version 19.3, Effective October 1, 2013

Quarterly Update to the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI)Edits, Version 19.3, Effective October 1, 2013

Billing Social Work Psychological Services in Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORFs)