Transmittals

Manual Updates to Chapter 6, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Inpatient Part A Billing, for No Payment and Medicare Advantage (MA) Claims

Handling Personally Identifiable Information on the Medicare Summary Notice

New Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) General Information Section Message Regarding Medicare Records for New Retirees, and Modification to Update the MSN Messages

Part B Drug Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) Quarterly Drug Updates and Annual Price Updates

Fee Schedule Update for 2008 for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies

Quarterly Update to Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits, Version 14.0, Effective January 1, 2008

Crossover of Assignment of Benefits Indicator (CLM08) From Paper Claim Input

Mammography: Change Certification-Based Action from Return to Provider (RTP)/Return as Unprocessable to Reject/Denial

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

2008 Annual Update to the Therapy Code List

Update to Place of Service (POS) Code Set: New Code for Temporary Lodging

Reporting an NPI and the "EY" Modifier on Claims for DMEPOS Items Dispensed Without a Physician

Application of ASCA Enforcement Review Decisions Made by Other Medicare Contractors to the Same Providers When Selected for ASCA Review by the Railroad Medicare Carrier, Elimination of References to Claim Status and COB Medicare HIPAA Contingency Plans and Changes to Reflect Transfer of Responsibility for Medigap Claims to the COBC Contractor

Additional Common Working File (CWF) Editing for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) - Part II

New Patient Status Discharge Code 70 to Define Discharges or Transfers to Other Types of Health Care Institutions not Defined Elsewhere in the UB-04 (CMS-1450) Manual Code List

National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) Update on Revenue Codes and Corrected Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Spell of Illness Chart

October 2007 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 8.3

Medicare Fee For Service (FFS) National Provider Identifier (NPI) Final Implementation

2008 Annual Update of HCPCS Codes for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) for the Common Working File (CWF), Medicare Carriers and Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Procedures