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Mobility Devices
Join NAS For Our Wheelchair Web-Based Workshop Series
If you have questions regarding the billing of manual wheelchairs, power mobility devices, or wheelchair options and accessories, attend one of the workshops NAS is offering. Each workshop will review information from the Manual Wheelchair, Power Mobility Device, and Wheelchair Options and Accessories local coverage determination (LCD) and policy article, which includes coverage and payment rules, coding guidelines, and documentation requirements.
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Supplies and Accessories Used With Beneficiary Owned Equipment
This article is in regards to supplies and accessories used with beneficiary owned equipment that was not paid for by Medicare Fee For Service (FFS) - i.e., only equipment that was paid by other insurance or by the beneficiary. The following elements need to be submitted with the initial claim in Item 19 on the CMS-1500 claim form or in the NTE segment for electronic claims:
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Ask the Contractor Q&A - May 20, 2009
The Q&A is now available from the Small Supplier Ask the Contractor Teleconference from May 20, 2009.
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Crossover Claims Impacted by Common Working File Pacific Host Site Problem - Revised
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is alerting all providers, physicians, and suppliers, through Joint Signature Memorandum 09321 - Revised, to a problem that occurred on May 4, 2009, and would have negatively impacted their patients' crossover claims. On May 4, 2009, Medicare contractors that utilize the Common Working File (CWF) Pacific Host Site for paid claims authorization for their beneficiaries who primarily reside, or until recently resided, in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada did not receive the customary confirmation from their host site that various claims were selected for crossover.
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HCPCS Coding Decision and Preliminary Medicare Payment Decision for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Devices
CMS' preliminary Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) coding decision and preliminary Medicare Payment decision for negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) devices is now published in the July 9, 2009, NPWT Public Meeting Agenda. This public meeting affords stakeholders an opportunity to provide input concerning the preliminary decision.
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Join NAS For Our Many Web-Based Workshops in June and July
If you have questions regarding the billing of Enteral Nutrition, Manual Wheelchair Bases, Power Mobility Devices, Wheelchair Options and Accessories, DME Modifiers, Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment, or Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes, attend one of the workshops NAS is offering. Each workshop will review information from the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) and Policy Article, which includes coverage and payment rules, coding guidelines, and documentation requirements.
Read the complete update: https://www.noridianmedicare.com/lsredir.php?id=EkuVpAkyyVxZjbbJke&tmpl=dme_viewnews&style=part_ab_viewnews
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Supplier Contact Center Closures
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June 19, 2009, from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT for CMS-approved training (Supplier Contact Center)
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