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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

DME MAC Jurisdiction C News

 DME MAC Jurisdiction C News
Diabetic Shoes Webinar: If you supply Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes and you are interested in learning Medicare's coverage limitations for this service, then this is the Webinar for you! By covering the following material, we will help you avoid costly billing mistakes:
  • Typical Beneficiary File
  • Order Requirements
  • Coverage Criteria
  • Coding
  • Utilization Limitations
  • Modifiers
  • CERT
  • Resources
Advance Beneficiary Notice Webinars: Is your financial shelter secure from a Contractual Obligation (CO) claim denial? Have you heard that an Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) can help protect you from a CO denial? If so, are you securing your ABN correctly and are you using the correct materials issued by CMS? Do you know the consequences of not following the correct ABN procedures? Learn this and much more by attending one of our upcoming Advance Beneficiary Notice Webinars! Read more...
http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/jc/pubs/news/2009/0609/cope10126.html
Sent on behalf of CEDI: Returned CEDI Enrollment Form(s): All CEDI enrollment form(s) returned for invalid or missing information will need to be re-entered electronically on the CEDI Web site. Read more...
http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/jc/pubs/news/2009/0609/cope10141.html
Sent on behalf of CEDI: CEDI Gateway Is Not Processing Files Received: At approximately 2:09 a.m. ET Monday June 22, 2009, National Government Services, Inc. CEDI experienced an issue with processing inbound files and was unable to produce TA1, TRN, 997 or GenResponse Reports. This issue was resolved at 7:45 a.m. ET Monday June 22, 2009. Read more...
http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/jc/pubs/news/2009/0609/cope10149.html
Crossover Claims Impacted by Common Working File (CWF) Southeast Host Site Problem: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is alerting all providers, physicians, and suppliers to a problem that occurred during the timeframe of May 26-28, 2009, and would have negatively impacted their patients crossover claims. Read more...
http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/jc/pubs/news/2009/0609/cope10145.html
The July DME Webinar Schedule is here! Come and see what your Provider Outreach and Education Team is offering this month.
Join us for webinars covering some of our most popular topics, which will include three intensive "focus weeks." Kicking off July 6th and running through the 10th will be Respiratory Week, focusing on the Oxygen, PAP, RAD, and Nebulizer policies in detail. July 20th - 24th will be Infusion Week, with education covering Enteral Nutrition and External Infusion Pumps. The following week, July 27th - 31st, will be Audit Readiness Week, featuring sessions on Medical Review, Proper ABN usage, CERT, and Documentation Requirements. Are you ready
Registration for these webinars fills up fast, so don't miss your opportunity to catch up, keep up or get ahead in the topics we will cover this month. View the Calendar...
http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/medicare_dynamic/wrkshp/DME_COE/DME_Report.asp


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