Transmittals

Quarterly Update to Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits, Version 15.0, Effective January 1, 2009

Calendar Year (CY) 2009 Annual Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment

Correction to Prothrombin Time (PT/INR) Monitoring for Home Anticoagulation Management

Emergency Update to the 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)

January 2009 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System

Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for January 2009

Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services

January 2009 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files

Claim Status Category Code and Claim Status Code Update

Thermal Intradiscal Procedures (TIPs)

New Waived Tests

Annual Clotting Factor Furnishing Fee Update

Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement

Shipboard Services Billed to the Carrier and Services Not Provided Within the United States

Indian Health Service (IHS) Provider Payment to Non-IHS Physicians for Teleradiology Interpretations

Fee Schedule Update for 2009 for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies

Revised Form CMS-R-131 Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage

October 2009 Update to the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System; Summary of Payment Policy Changes

2009 Annual Update for the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Bonus Payments

Payment for Maintenance and Servicing of Certain Oxygen Equipment as a Result of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008- THIS CR RESCINDS