Palmetto/J1MAC Website Updates

Dear ANCO Online ListServ Subscriber:

The following updates have been posted to the Palmetto/J1MAC website.

National Provider Identifier (NPI) for Secondary Providers
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/DocsCat/Providers~Jurisdiction%201%20Part%20B~Resources~NPI~National%20Provider%20Identifier%20(NPI)%20for%20Secondary%20Providers?opendocument

This article is based on CR 6093 and outlines the need to use NPIs to
identify secondary providers in Medicare claims beginning May 23, 2008.
Some Medicare claims also need to identify one or more secondary providers.
A secondary provider could be a health care provider who ordered services
for a Medicare patient or who referred a Medicare patient to another health
care provider (ordering/referring providers); an attending, operating,
supervising, purchased service, other, or service facility provider; or a
prescriber (the latter only in retail pharmacy drug claims).

Applies to:
Jurisdiction 1//J1 Part B: General
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New Waived Tests
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/DocsCat/Providers~Jurisdiction%201%20Part%20B~Articles~General~New%20Waived%20Tests?opendocument

Change Request 6179, from which this article is taken, informs providers of
new waived tests approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under
the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). Make sure
that your billing staffs are aware of these newly waived tests.

Applies to:
Jurisdiction 1//J1 Part B: General
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Reminder Notice: 2008 PQRI National Provider Conference Call with Question
& Answer Session
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/DocsCat/Providers~Current%20News~Reminder%20Notice:%202008%20PQRI%20National%20Provider%20Conference%20Call%20with%20Question%20Answer%20Session?opendocument

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Provider Communications
Group will host the seventh in a series of national provider conference
calls on the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). This
toll-free call will take place from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., EDT, on
Thursday, September 18, 2008.


Applies to:
Part B - Ohio / West Virginia//General - Part B
Part B - South Carolina//General - Part B
Railroad Medicare (RRB)//General - Railroad Medicare
Jurisdiction 1//J1 Part B: General
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