Transmittals

April 2008 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)

April Update to the 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)

Manual Revisions to Reflect Special Billing Instructions for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Items as a Result of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program

July Quarterly Update for 2008 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule

Date of Service (DOS) for Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Specimens

Critical Care Visits and Neonatal Intensive Care (Codes 99291 - 99292)

Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule - Implementation of Section 113 Medicare, Medicaid and State Children

Part B Drug Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) Quarterly Drug List Update

Phase 1 of Manual Revisions to Reflect Payment Changes for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Items as a Result of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program and the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

Assignment of Providers to Medicare Administrative Contractors

EMERGENCY -- Legislative Change Affecting the 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), and Extension of the 2008 Participation Open Enrollment Period

April 2008 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 9.1

Teaching Physician Requirements for End Stage Renal Disease Monthly Capitation Payment (ESRD MCP)

Prolonged Services (Codes 99354 - 99359)

Nursing Facility Services (Codes 99304 - 99318)

Establish Pre-Payment Auto-denial Edits in Applicable States for DMEPOS Suppliers of Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment (DME MACs only)

January 2008 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) - Manualization

Medicare, Medicaid and State Children

Manualization of Payment for Outpatient End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Related Services

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Subject to and Excluded from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Edits