Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) and Common Working File (CWF) System Enhancement for Storing Line Level Rendering Physicians/Practitioners National Provider Identifier (NPI) and Physician Specialty Code Information
July 2012 Quarterly Updates to the CMS Standard File for Reason Codes for the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS)
Instructions for Downloading the Medicare ZIP Code File for July 2012
Immediate Recoupment for Fee for Service Claims Overpayments
International Classification of Diseases-10th Edition (ICD-10), Inclusion of Type of Bill (TOB) 33X, Home Health, Outpatient (includes HHA visits under a Part A Plan of treatment)
Interaction of Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR) on Imaging Procedures and the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Cap on the Technical Component of Imaging Procedures
New Waived Tests
Revised and Clarified Place of Service (POS) Coding Instructions
New Hospice Condition Code for Out of Service Area Discharges
Creation of New Indicator for Use on the Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) Payment Indicator File for Reporting Quality Measures
Electronic Correspondence Referral System (ECRS) Web Enhancements Phase I
Announcement of Medicare Rural Health Clinic (RHC) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) Payment Rate Increases
Immediate Recoupment for Fee for Service Claims Overpayments
Updates to Editing of Patient Discharge Status Codes on Hospice Claims
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) 5010/D.0 Fixes - July 2012
Analysis of Improper Overpayments to Design Edits to Correct these Overpayments in CWF, MCS, and FISS
Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and High Intensity Behavioral Counseling (HIBC) to Prevent STIs (ICD-10)