Audit and Reimbursement

Audit and Reimbursement Cost Report Filing State/Region Contact Information Jurisdiction 6 J6_cost_report_filing@anthem.com Jurisdiction K JK_cost_report_filing@anthem.com Provider Statistical [...]

Standard Companion Guides

Standard Companion Guides Standard Companion Guide Trading Partner Information (275) Standard Companion Guide Trading Partner Information (277) Standard Companion Guide Trading Partner Information (278/275) Standard Companion Guide Health [...]

Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting

Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting National Government Services is hosting a Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting on 3/13/2025. Details are available by accessing the Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting Announcement. [...]

NCCI Lookup Tool

Inactivity

Inactivity Medicare will routinely deactivate the billing privileges of those providers who fail to bill the Medicare Program for six consecutive months or more. Each billing account is considered separately for the deactivation criteria. This [...]

Do Not Forward “DNF”

Do Not Forward “DNF” With implementation of the DNF initiative, contractors were required to use “return service requested” envelopes for hard copy RAs, hard-copy checks and returned EFT payments. If you are a provider that receives hard [...]

Site Visit Failure

Site Visit Failure CMS reserves the right, when deemed necessary, to perform onsite review of a provider or supplier to verify that the enrollment information submitted to CMS or its agents is accurate and to determine compliance with Medicare [...]

Failure to Report Address Changes

Failure to Report Address Changes Providers who fail to report an address change will result in suspension of Medicare payment.   All Medicare providers are responsible for providing their Medicare contractor with their current and [...]

Failure to Report a Change in Bank Account Information

Failure to Report a Change in Bank Account Information Providers who fail to report a change in bank account information will result in suspension of Medicare payment and termination of Medicare billing privileges. All changes initiated by [...]

Revocation

Revocation CMS may revoke a currently enrolled provider or supplier's Medicare billing privileges and any corresponding provider or supplier agreement for the following reasons: Abuse of billing privileges Failure to document or provide [...]