Updated Daily! brought to you by PC SOLUTIONS / DMEFREE visit us at www.dmefree.com

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

NAS DME Update



NAS DME Jurisdiction D E-mail List
====================================================================

Subscribed Interests
--------------------------------------------------------------------











General Announcements
--------------------------------------------------------------------



New Remittance Advice Tutorial Available

To help suppliers read and understand their remittance advice, a new remittance advice tutorial has been developed. This tutorial has a hover and click feature. When hovering over a field, a brief description will display. By clicking on the field the full description will display. The tutorial and field descriptions are located on the Claims tab under Remittance Advices.
Compliance Standards for Consignment Closets and Stock and Bill Arrangements MLN Matters 6528

This article defines and prohibits certain arrangements where an enrolled DMEPOS supplier maintains inventory at a practice location that is not owned by the enrolled DMEPOS supplier, but rather, owned by a physician or non-physician practitioner for the purpose of DMEPOS distribution, commonly referred to as a consignment closet and/or stock and bill arrangement.
Reminders from CMS: Competitive Bidding, Accreditation, Surety Bond

CMS reminds suppliers of the competitive bidding timeline and steps to take to be prepared and to do if they decide not to become accredited or obtain the surety bond.
ICD-10-CM/PCS Publications

The following ICD-10-CM/PCS publications are now available from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Learning Network:
Face-to-Face Workshop - Seattle, Washington

NAS is hosting a face-to-face workshop in Seattle, Washington on September 24, 2009, from 8 am - 5 pm.
Other Topics
--------------------------------------------------------------------


Electronic Data Interchange

CEDI Password Reset Policy
CEDI Clearinghouses and Vendors: Second National Medicare FFS Education Call on HIPAA Version 5010
====================================================================

New Remittance Advice Tutorial Available on Claims Tab
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What's New
----------
View a complete listing of the most recent web site updates: https://www.noridianmedicare.com/dme/news/updates.html

Supplier Contact Center Closures
--------------------------------
    08/21/09 8 am - 12 pm CT for CMS-approved training (Supplier Contact Center only)

Electronic Billing Questions?
-----------------------------
See the CEDI, National Government Services, Web site at http://www.ngscedi.com/ for resources, FAQs, manuals, and more!

To edit your e-mail preferences or unsubscribe, go to
To view the NoridianMedicare.com Privacy Policy, go to
====================================================================
(c) Noridian Administrative Services, LLC
901 40th Street South, Suite 1, Fargo ND 58103-2146
Phone 1-866-243-7272
DME MAC Jurisdiction D States: AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, IA, KS, MO, MT, NE, NV, ND, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY, American Samoa, Guam, N. Mariana Islands
www.noridianmedicare.com

About this Blog

This blog shows most if not all of the announcements sent via the various email Mailservers.