Thursday, June 4, 2009

CMS & Palmetto/J1MAC News

The following information has been received by ANCO.


****CMS NEWS****
The Second in Series: General Equivalence Mappings – ICD-9-CM to and from ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Fact Sheet (May 2009), which provides basic information about the General Equivalence Mappings (GEM) including possible users of the GEMs, why the GEMs are needed, and how the GEMs files are formatted as well as Reimbursement Mappings information, is now available in downloadable format from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Learning Network at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/ICD-10Mappingfctsht.pdf .


****PALMETTO/J1MAC NEWS****
Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC),
and Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) Update
CR6453, Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Code
(RARC), and Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) Update, announces the latest
coding updates which are effective starting July 1, 2009.
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/vMasterDID/7SMPH26470?opendocument


Weekly Part B ACT Call on Claims Wednesday, June 10
The next weekly ACT call will be held on Wednesday, June 10 at 12:30 p.m.
PST. The subject will be Claims. Future ACT calls will be held every
Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. PST unless otherwise announced.
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/vMasterDID/7S3T650154?opendocument

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