Transmittals

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

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Coding Update/Policy Clarification

Updating the VMAP/4D Table with B5 Ocularist Specialty Code

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

Ambulance Inflation Factor for CY 2013 and Productivity Adjustment

New Waived Tests

Remittance Advice Remark and Claims Adjustment Reason Code and Medicare Remit Easy Print and PC Print Update

Implementation of the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program and Hospital Readmission Reduction Program for the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration for FY 2013

Quarterly Update to the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits

January 2013 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 14.0

New Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Replacement Accessories and Supplies for External Ventricular Assist Devices or Any Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) for Which Payment Was Not Made Under Medicare Part A

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

Quarterly Update for the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) - April 2013

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

Use of Q6 Modifier for Locum Tenens by Providing the Substitute Physician’s Unique Identifier

Update to Pub. 100-08, Program Integrity Manual, Chapter 13

Update To Publication 100-04, Claims Processing Instructions For Chapter 12, Non-Physician Practitioners (NPPs)

Modification/Addition of Group Codes/Specialty Codes

January 2013 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)

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