Transmittals

Subject: Implementation of New Provider Authentication Requirements for Medicare Contractor Provider Telephone and Written Inquiries

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

Disclosure of Physician Ownership in Hospitals

New Common Working File (CWF) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Type for Workers" Compensation Medicare Set-aside Arrangements (WCMSAs), to Stop Conditional Payments

Implementation of New Provider Authentication Requirements for Medicare Contractor Provider Telephone and Written Inquiries

New Common Working File (CWF) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Type for Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-aside Arrangements (WCMSAs), to Stop Conditional Payments

Implementation of New Provider Authentication Requirements for Medicare Contractor Provider Telephone and Written Inquiries

Adding a New Specialty Code for Speech Language Pathologists (SLP)

Requirements for Specialty Codes

Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC) and Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC) Update

Incorporation of Physician Fee Schedule Regulatory Changes into Chapter 10 of the Program Integrity Manual (PIM)

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

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

Outpatient Therapy Caps with Exceptions in Calendar Year (CY) 2009

Updates to the Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Publication 100-04), Chapter 15, Ambulance Services

July 2009 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)

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

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

Manual Update to Include Billing Instructions for Professional Component (PC) and Technical Component (TC) in Regards to One Line Global Billing for Pathology Services

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