Transmittals

Updating Beneficiary Information with the Coordination of Benefits Contractor

Important Reminder for Providers and Suppliers Who Provide Services and Items Ordered or Referred by Other Providers and Suppliers

Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Bonus Payment Policy Reminders

Instruction to Teaching Hospital for Reporting the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Refund of Medical Resident FICA Taxes

Contractor Implementation of Change Requests and Compliance with Technical Direction Letters

Review and Analysis of draft Accredited Standards Committee X12 Technical Report 3s

Manual Revision to Chapter 6, Section 20.1.1 Physician's Services and Other Professional Services Excluded From Part A PPS Payment and the Consolidated Billing Requirement

January 2012 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)

January 2012 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)

January 2012 Update of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Payment System (ASC)

Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program: Allowing Contract or Non-contract Suppliers to Maintain and Service the Enteral Nutrition Equipment that They Provided in the 15th Continuous Month of Rental .

Claim Status Category and Claim Status Codes Update

Additional Instructions Regarding Demand Bills Under the Home Health Prospective Payment System

Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), and Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) and PC Print Update

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