Transmittals

Claim Status Category Code and Claim Status Code Update

Timeliness Standards for Processing Other-Than-Clean Claims

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

Revised Information on PET Scan Coding

Date of Service for Laboratory Specimens

Laboratory and Radiology: Adjustment to Common Working File (CWF) Duplicate Claim Edit for the Technical Component (TC) of Radiology and Pathology Laboratory Services Provided to Hospital Patients

Delay of the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program

Use of 9-Digit ZIP codes for Determining the Correct Payment Locality for Services Paid Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Anesthesia Services

New Waived Tests

July 2007 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 8.2

Reporting Withholding Due to IRS Federal Payment Levy Program (FPLP) on the Remittance Advice

New Deadline for Required Submission of the Form CMS-1500 (08-05)

New 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Payment Rates Effective for Dates of Service July 1, 2008, Through December 31, 2008

2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Establishment of Alternative Reporting Periods and Reporting Criteria

Use of 9-Digit ZIP codes for Determining the Correct Payment Locality for Services Paid Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Anesthesia Services

Update to the Place of Service (POS) Code Set to Add a Code for Prison/Correctional Facility - VMS Only

Composite Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Processing under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) - Phase VIIB of Implementation

2008 Reminder For Roster Billing and Centralized Billing For Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccinations

Production Region Split and New Contractor Workload Number for the National Government Services (NGS) Part A Delaware Workload and New Contractor Numbers for the Jurisdiction 13 Medicare Administrative Contractor Part A and Part B Connecticut and New York Workloads