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In This Issue:

Key		Part A & B Contents
Part A	Part B	Title
A	A	2007 Annual Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payments
H	F, P	2007 Update of HCPCS Codes and Payments for ASC
H	P	Cavernous Nerves Electrical Stimulation with Penile Plethysmograph
A	A	Claims Submitted with Only a National Provider Identifier (NPI) During the Stage 2 NPI Transition Period
A	A	Fee Schedule Update for 2007 for DMEPOS
A	A	Flu Shot Reminder
H, S	P	Infrared Therapy Devices
A	A	January 2007 Quarterly ASP Medicare Part B Drug Pricing File
A	A	Laboratory Competitive Bidding Demonstration - Revised
A	A	Laboratory Competive Bidding Demonstration
A	A	Medically Unlikely Edits (MUE)
A	A	Medicare Immunization Billing Chart Available to Order
H, S	P	New 2007 Current Procedural Terminology Mammography Codes
A	A	NPI: Get It, Share It, Use It
H	P	One-Time Only Ultrasound Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, Referred from an Initial Preventive Physical Exam
A	A	Outpatient Therapy Cap Exceptions Clarifications
A	A	Remittance Advice Remark Code and Claim Adjustment Reason Code Update
A	A	Revised Fee Amounts for HCPCS Codes for Power Mobility Devices

Key	Part A Only
Part A	Title
H , E	Changes in End Stage Renal Disease Payment for Calendar Year 2007
A	Empire Medicare Services to Become National Government Services
A	Hospice Payment System Fact Sheet
H	Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) Fact Sheet
H	Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (PPS) Fact Sheet
M	Medicare Home Health PPS Rate Update for Calendar Year 2007
A	Optical Character Recognition Interface in the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS)
H, S	Reporting Taxonomy Codes to Identify Provider Subpart on Institutional Claims
A	Revised ANSI X12N 837 Institutional Healthcare Claim Companion Document

Key	Part B Only
Part B	Title
P, C	Cardiac Output Monitoring by Thoracic Electrical Bioimpedance
A	Competitive Acquisition Program - Claim Processing for Not Otherwise Classified Drugs
A	Empire Medicare Services to Become National Government Services
A	Medicare Part B Drug Competitive Acquisition Program: Do Not Bill a Prescription Order Number More than Once
A	Multiple Procedure Reduction on the Technical Component of Certain DiagnosticImaging Procedures and Cap on the TC of Imaging Procedures - Correction
A	New Waived Tests
A	New Web-Based Training Course for Professional Providers
A	Quarterly Update to Correct Coding Initiative Edits, Version 13.0
A	Reasonable Charge Update for 2007 for Splints, Casts, Dialysis Supplies, Dialysis Equipment, and Certain Intraocular Lenses

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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

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