Medicare Monthly Review:Issue 2008-6 June 2008

	Medicare Monthly Review

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Medicare Monthly Review Part A and B
A Combined Part A and Part B Newsletter

June 2008

Issue 2008-6

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In This Issue:

Information Issued by National Government Services for Part A and Part B Providers
Part A (Speciality)	Part B (Speciality)	Location (State)	Title
A	A	All	Alert! CERT Requesting Physician Orders
A	A	All	Announcing New Electronic Data Interchange IVR
H, S, E	E, P, N	All	Medical Policy Unit Update
H, S, E	E, P, N	All	Medical Policy Update – Erythropoietin Stimulating Agents
A	A	All	National Government Services Post Office Box Consolidation
H	P, N	All	What’s New? – Polysomnography and Sleep Studies

Information Issued by National Government Services for Part A Providers
Part A (Speciality)	Location (State)	Title
M, P	NY, CT, DE	Home Health and Hospice Providers in Region 1
H, E	IL, IN, KY, OH	Reminder of ESRD Composite Rate Services
H	NY, CT, DE	What’s New? Part A Updates

Information Issued by National Government Services for Part B Providers
Part B (Speciality)	Location (State)	Title
P, N, R	IN, KY	Local Coverage Determination for Radiologic Examination of the Chest

Information Issued by CMS Pertaining to Part A and Part B Providers
Part A (Speciality)	Part B (Speciality)	Location (State)	Title
H, S, E	B	All	Ambulance Fee Schedule Conversion Factor File (CR6000-Revised)
A	A	All	Assignment of Providers to Medicare Administrative Contractors (CR5979)
H, S	E, P, N	All	Blood-Derived Products for Chronic, Non-Healing Wounds (CR6043)
H	E, P, Z	All	ESA in Cancer and Related Neoplastic Conditions (CR5818-Revised)
A	A	All	Provider Authentication by Provider Contact Centers (SE0814)
H, S, O	H	All	Therapy Personnel Qualifications and Policies (CR5921)
A	A	All	Update of 2008 HCPCS Codes for SNF Consolidated Billing (CR6009)

Information Issued by CMS Pertaining to Part A Providers
Part A (Speciality)	Title
H	2007-2008 Update to Medicare Wage Index Occupational Mix (CR5992)
H	Adjusting IPPS Reimbursement for Replaced Devices (CR5860-Revised)
H, S	Billing Blood and Blood Products (CR5867)
P	Reporting Additional Data on Hospice Claims (CR5567 Revised)
H	Shared System Modifications for Drug Rebate Data on UB04 (CR5950)

Information Issued by CMS Pertaining to Part B Providers
Part B (Speciality)	Title
P, N	Prolonged Services (Codes 99354 – 99359) (CR5972)
P, N	Incident to Policy Update (CR5288 Revised)

Provider Outreach and Education Training Seminars
Contract	Location (State Abbreviations)	Title
A	NY, CT, DE, RI, NH, VT, ME, MA	Don’t Miss Out on Upcoming Medicare Training… Save These Dates!!!
B	NY	Part B New York Providers: Don’t Miss Out on Upcoming Medicare Training… Save These Dates!!!
B	NJ	Part B NJ Providers: Don’t Miss Out on Upcoming Medicare Training…Save These Dates!!!
A	CA, WI	Part A CA and WI Providers: Don’t Miss Out on Upcoming Medicare Training…Save These Dates!!!
A, B	All	National Government Services Medicare Convention 2008

This key is provided as a convenience to alert providers/suppliers to articles with topics that may pertain to their particular field. This key is not a guarantee that information in other articles will not also apply. It is each provider’s/supplier’s responsibility to become familiar with the contents of each newsletter.

Part A Key: A-All Providers, C-Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC), E-Renal Dialysis (ESRD) Providers, F-Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), H-Hospitals, M-Home Health Providers,
O-Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORF) and Outpatient Physical Therapy Providers, P-Hospice Providers, R-Rural Health Center (RHC), S-Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF), NA-Not Applicable

Part B Key: A-All Providers, B-Ambulance, C-Cardiovascular, D-DMEPOS, E-Drugs & Biologicals, F-ASC, G-Anesthesia, H-Physical & Occupational Therapy, I-Beneficiaries, J-Insurers, K-Home Health Care, L-Laboratory, M-Medicine, N-Non-Physician Practitioner, O-Nuclear Medicine, P-Physicians, Q-Mental Health R-Radiology, S-Surgery, T-Nephrology, U-Urology, V-Chiropractor, W-Ophthalmology & Optometry, X-Podiatry, Y-Radiation Z-Oncology, NA-Not Applicable

Contact Information can be found on each of the National Government Services legacy Web sites which can be accessed though: http://www.NGSMedicare.com.

Medicare policies can be found on our Web site in the Local Coverage Determination section. You can access these through the http://www.NGSMedicare.com homepage. Providers without access to the Internet can request hard copies from National Government Services.

This bulletin should be shared with all health care practitioners and managerial members of the provider staff. Bulletins are available at no cost from our Web site at www.NGSMedicare.com.