Medicare Information Resource, Issue 2007-06B

	Medicare Information Resource

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In This Issue:

Key	Title
A	Medicare Aranesp Claim Submission Information
A	Medicare New Jersey Part B Seminars July – September
A	National Government Services, Inc. Electronic Commerce Seminars
A	National Government Services, Inc. Electronic Mailing Lists
A	New York Provider Outreach and Education July – September
A	Retired Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs)

2007 Corporate Holiday Schedule National Government Services Offices Are Closed on These Dates
Holiday	Day and Date
Memorial Day	Monday, May 28
Independence Day	Wednesday, July 4
Labor Day	Monday, Sept. 3
Thanksgiving	Thursday, Nov. 22
Day after Thanksgiving	Friday, Nov. 23
Christmas Eve	Monday, Dec. 24
Christmas Day	Tuesday, Dec. 25

Specialty Category Key
A	All providers
B	Ambulance
G	Anesthesia
F	ASC
I	Beneficiaries
C	Cardiovascular
V	Chiropractor
D	DMEPOS
E	Drugs & Biologicals
K	Home Health Care
J	Insurers
L	Laboratory
M	Medicine
Y	Mental Health
N	Non-Physician Practioner
O	Nuclear Medicine
Q	Oncology
W	Opthalmology
H	Physical and Occupational Therapists
P	Physicians
X	Podiatry
T	Radiation
R	Radiology
S	Surgery
U	Urology

NOTE: UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. INFORMATION IS APPLICABLE TO BOTH NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK.

Contact Information can be found on each of the National Government Services legacy Web sites which can be accessed through: 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.

In This Issue:

2007 Corporate Holiday Schedule

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