Transmittals

International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 Conversion from ICD-9 of the Medicare Shared Systems as They Relate to CMS National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) (CR 1 of 3) (ICD-10)

Contractor and Common Working File (CWF) Additional Instructions Related to Change Request (CR) 7633 - Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse

Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ICD-10)

Review of Debarment List and Processing of Tie-in Notices

2013 Annual Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consoliadated Billing (CB) Update

Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Long Term Care Hospital

Manual Medical Review of Therapy Services

Indian Health Services (IHS) Hospital Payment Rates for Calendar Year 2012

Ordering and Certifying Documentation - Maintenance Requirements

Timeframe for Handling OIG Hotline Complaints Uploaded into the OIG Hotline Database; Requirements for the Transfer and Closing of Cases in the OIG Hotline Complaint Database System

Annual Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Files Delivery and Implementation

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

Process for Handling Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD).

Reporting of Recoupment for Overpayment on the Remittance Advice (RA) with Patient Control Number

October Quarterly Update to 2012 Annual Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HPCPS) Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Enforcement.

July 2012 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (ASC)

Chapter 4, Benefits and Beneficiary Protections

Chapter 3, “Medicare Marketing Guidelines”

Attending Provider Identifiers on Religious Nonmedical Health Care Institution Claims

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.