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Zone 5 Announcement: Beginning January 1, 2010, AdvanceMed Corporation will be the Zone 5 (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Virginia, and West Virginia ) Zone Program Integrity Contractor (ZPIC) for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs. AdvanceMed has served the Medicare Program as a Program Safeguard Contractor (PSC) since 2002. The program integrity functions of the PSCs are being transferred to the ZPICs. This was mandated by the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, which authorized CMS to contract with entities to fulfill program integrity functions for the Medicare program. Read more...
http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/jc/pubs/news/2009/1209/cope11288.html

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Zone 5 Pre-Pay Claims: As of January 1, 2010, AdvanceMed Corporation will be the Zone 5 (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Virginia, and West Virginia) Zone Program Integrity Contractor (ZPIC) for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs. Therefore, if your claims were impacted by prepayment review with TrustSolutions, LLC (The previous Program Safeguard Contractor.) your claims will continue to be impacted by prepayment review after January 1, 2010 with Zone 5 ZPIC contractor AdvanceMed Corporation. Read more...
http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/jc/pubs/news/2010/0110/cope11306.html

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CMS and ONC Issue Regulations Proposing a Definition of "Meaningful Use" and Setting Standards for Electronic Health Record Incentive Program: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) encourage public comment on two regulations issued on 12/30/2009 that lay a foundation for improving quality, efficiency and safety through meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. The full press release is included here for your convenience.
 http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/jc/pubs/news/2010/0110/cope11298.html

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New Place of Service (POS) Code for Walk-in Retail Health Clinic
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM6752.pdf

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