Transmittals

Annual Type of Service (TOS) Update

Revised Appendix A, Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals, and Revised Appendix W, Interpretive Guidelines for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)

Revised Appendix A, Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals

Clarifications to Appendix L, Ambulatory Surgical Center Interpretive Guidelines - Obtaining Consent before Observing Surgical Procedures

Bundling of Payments for Services Provided to Outpatients Who Later Are Admitted as Inpatients: 3-Day Payment Window Policy and the Impact on Wholly Owned or Wholly Operated Physician Practices

Summary of Policies in the CY 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule and the Telehealth Originating Site Facility Fee Payment Amount

Update to Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance and Premium Rates for 2012

January 2012 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 13.0

Pharmacy Billing for Drugs Provided "Incident To" a Physician Service This CR rescinds and fully replaces CR 7109.

Off-Cycle Release of the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Pricer

Calendar Year (CY) 2012 Annual Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment

Implementation of the Award for the Jurisdiction F (J-F) Part A and Part B Medicare Administrative Contractor (A/B MAC) including New Workload Numbers for Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington

April 2012 Quarterly Update for the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program

Revised Appendix A, Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals, and Appendix W, Interpretive Guidelines for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)

Revised Appendix A, Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals

Revisions to Chapter 2, Sections 2082 - 2089 - Hospices

Home Health Advance Beneficiary Notice, (HHABN), Form CMS-R-296

Clarification and Revisions for Claims Submitted for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients

Instructions to Accept and Process All Ambulance Transportation Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes

Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update for Calendar Year (CY) 2012