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Posting Date: 03/22/2017
Reporting Hospice Discharges, Revocations and Transfers
Reporting Hospice Discharges, Revocations and Transfers Medicare regulations at 42 CFR 418.26 outline three reasons for discharge from hospice care: The beneficiary moves out of the hospice’s service area or transfers to another [...]
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Posting Date: 06/20/2025
Benefits of EDI
There are a number of advantages to enrolling and submitting claims online. Claims and other transactions submitted electronically process considerably faster than paper submission. For example, HIPAA-compliant electronic claims are held in the [...]
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Posting Date: 06/20/2025
Reset My FISS / DDE Password
CMS has directed it’s datacenters to enforce password requirements set forth in the United States Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) with regard to RACF password quality rules. The HPE VDC [...]
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Posting Date: 06/20/2025
I Am Not Yet Enrolled in Medicare
You can only begin set up with EDI if you are a participating provider in the Medicare program. If you have not submitted an application to enroll in Medicare, please visit our Enrollment section of the site for guidelines. If you have a [...]
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Posting Date: 06/20/2025
Trading Partner ID Recertification
All active trading partners are required to recertify their access annually. CMS requires any changes in demographic, contact information or access for a trading partner ID (TP ID) are communicated to the A/B MAC within 30 days of the change. [...]
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Posting Date: 07/19/2023
National Government Services Contractor Codes
National Government Services Contractor Codes The Contractor Code is a five-digit numeric code that indicates your MAC, also known as the Carrier Code, or Payer ID. Part B Professional: Connecticut 13102 Illinois 06102 Maine 14112 [...]
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Posting Date: 05/01/2018
Medical Policy Contact Information
Medical Policy Contact Information Please Note: General inquiries related to Medicare coverage policies, including clinical issues, drugs, radiopharmaceuticals, local and national coverage determinations, billing and reimbursement must be [...]
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Posting Date: 11/09/2015
Avoiding Reason Code 7C625: Appropriate Use of Remarks on Final Hospice Claims
Avoiding Reason Code 7C625: Appropriate Use of Remarks on Final Hospice Claims Once a hospice chooses to admit a Medicare beneficiary, it may not automatically or routinely discharge the beneficiary at its discretion, even if the care promises [...]
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