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
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