Monday, April 6, 2009

DME MAC Jurisdiction C 2009 News

 DME MAC Jurisdiction C 2009 News
Medicare Part B Drug and Biological Average Sales Price Files - April 2009 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made available the Medicare Part B Drug and Biological Average Sales Price (ASP) Payment Amounts for April 1, 2009 to June 30, 2009 on the CMS website. Read more...
http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/jc/pubs/news/2009/0409/cope9677.html
Interim Action to Process Claims for L5670 until Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing Files Can Be Updated with the October 2009 Quarterly Release - Code L5670 was inadvertently left off the SNF Consolidated Billing Coding Files for 2009. L5670 should be separately payable outside of the SNF consolidated billing bundled payment. Read more...
http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/jc/pubs/news/2009/0409/cope9675.html
Procedure Code/HCPCS and Modifier Combination - Helpful Tips - When researching the validity of the procedure code/modifier combinations, please reference the Pricing, Data Analysis and Coding (PDAC) Website at www.dmepdac.com. The PDAC site contains useful information regarding valid billing combinations. Read more...
http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/jc/pubs/news/2009/0409/cope9672.html
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