Transmittals

Update to Requirement to Submit National Provider Identifier (NPI) Notification

October 2007 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS): Summary of Payment Policy Changes

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

Rejection of Electronic Claim Status Requests that Lack National Provider Identifiers (NPIs)

Unlabeled Use for Anti-Cancer Drugs: Medical Literature used to Determine Medically Accepted Indications for Drugs and Biologicals used in Anti-Cancer Treatment

Reporting a National Provider Identifier (NPI) and the

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

Revisions to 9-Digit ZIP Code List Provided in Change Request (CR) 5208

NCPDP Inbound Claim and COB Companion Documents Updated for NPI Reporting

October 2007 integrated outpatient code editor specification Version 8.3

Quarterly October 2007 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files

How to Handle the National Provider Identifier (NPI) for Ordering/Referring and Attending/Operating/Other/Service Facility for Medicare Claims

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Procedures

2008 Annual Update for the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Bonus Payment

Sunset of the Physician Scarcity Area (PSA) Bonus Payment

July Quarterly Update for 2007 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule

July 2007 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing File, Effective July 1, 2007, and Revisions to January 2007 and April 2007 Quarterly ASP Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files

Revision to Internet Only Manual (IOM) Pub 100-04, Chapter 12, Section 90.4 Billing and Payment in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)

Claims Processing Change for Services Submitted with the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Modifiers QB or QU for Claims with Dates of Service On or After January 1, 2006

Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Coding & Reporting Principles