Transmittals

Updated Billing Requirements for Outpatient Therapy Services -- Middle Class Tax Relief and Jobs Creation Act (MCTRJCA) of 2012

Revised and Clarified Place of Service (POS) Coding Instructions

Addition of New Common Working File (CWF) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Utilization Edit Codes for CWF to Send the Shared Systems When the Diagnosis Code on the Claim is Considered a Match with the Family of DX Codes in CWF for Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) MSP Claims

Quarterly Update to the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits, Version 19.1, Effective April, 1, 2013

National Correct Coding Initiative Add-On Codes – Replacement of "Identical Letter" Dated December 19, 1996 with Subject Line "Correct Coding Initiative Add-On (ZZZ) Codes - ACTION"

Update for Amendments, Corrections and Delayed Entries in Medical Documentation

Update for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule

Update to Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance and Premium Rates for 2013

Calendar Year (CY) 2013 Annual Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment

Therapy Cap Values for Calendar Year (CY) 2013

New Place of Service (POS) Code for Place of Employment/ Worksite

Implementing the Claims-Based Data Collection Requirement for Outpatient Therapy Services -- Section 3005(g) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Jobs Creation Act (MCTRJCA) of 2012

Implementing the Claims-Based Data Collection Requirement for Outpatient Therapy Services -- Section 3005(g) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Jobs Creation Act (MCTRJCA) of 2012

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP)

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP)

Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services for CY 2013

Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services for CY 2013

Annual Type of Service (TOS) Update

Retirement of the Program Integrity Management Reporting (PIMR) System

Revision to Appeals Section of Chapter 15 of the Program Integrity Manual (PIM)