CMS & Palmetto/J1MAC News

The following information has been received by ANCO.


****CMS NEWS****
MM6459 – New Waived Tests
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM6459.pdf

MM6503 – October Quarterly Update to 2009 Annual Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Enforcement
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM6503.pdf

MM6523 – Revised Billing Instructions for Occurrence Span Code 74 for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) No Payment Claims
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM6523.pdf

MM6477 – New Drug/Biological Health Care Procedure Code System (HCPCS) Codes for July 2009 Update
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM6477.pdf


****PALMETTO/JMAC NEWS****
New Drug/Biological Health Care Procedure Code System (HCPCS) Codes for
July 2009 Update
MM6477 contains the July 2009 update to the New Drug/Biological Health Care
Procedure Code System (HCPCS) Codes.
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/vMasterDID/7SUL9Z2777?opendocument


New Waived Tests
CR6459, New Waived Tests, alerts providers that the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) has listed the twelve latest tests approved by the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as waived tests under Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA).
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/vMasterDID/7SUHY58206?opendocument