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Posting Date: 11/15/2021
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 For information related to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, visit the Office for Civil Rights website. The Privacy and Security Rules are available for download, and you will find [...]
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Posting Date: 11/16/2021
Physician Quality Payment Program
Physician Quality Payment Program The MACRA ended the SGR formula for clinician payment under the MPFS and established a quality payment incentive program, the QPP. This program provides clinicians with two ways to participate: through [...]
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Posting Date: 11/16/2021
Provider Contact Center
Provider Contact Center For information about the Provider Contact Center, please visit the Contact Us page on our website. Reviewed 10/21/2024
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Posting Date: 11/16/2021
Provider Enrollment
Provider Enrollment The Provider Enrollment Customer Service Department has direct telephone lines available for provider enrollment inquiries. Toll-Free Provider Enrollment Numbers Please use the following toll-free provider enrollment [...]
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Posting Date: 11/16/2021
Reconsideration (Second Level of Appeal)
Reconsideration (Second Level of Appeal) A written reconsideration request must be filed with a QIC within 180 days of receipt of the redetermination. When providers receive an unfavorable redetermination, providers shall follow the [...]
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Posting Date: 11/16/2021
Recovery Audit Program
Recovery Audit Program The Recovery Audit Program’s mission is to identify and correct Medicare improper payments through the efficient detection and collection of overpayments made on claims of health care services provided to Medicare [...]
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Posting Date: 11/16/2021
Redetermination (First Level of Appeal)
Redetermination (First Level of Appeal) A redetermination is an examination of a claim by National Government Services personnel who are different from the personnel who made the initial claim determination. The appellant (the provider filing [...]
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Posting Date: 11/16/2021
U.S. Government Printing Office
U.S. Government Printing Office The GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services including the official publications of Congress, the White House and other federal agencies in digital and print [...]
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Posting Date: 11/16/2021
Washington Publishing Company
Washington Publishing Company Washington Publishing Company, Inc. is a private company categorized under the commercial Printing and Newspaper Publishing Combined company that is an established health care IT and consulting company. WPC [...]
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Posting Date: 01/14/2022
Meeting Schedules
Meeting Schedule Jurisdiction 6 ‒ Home Health and Hospice (Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Northern Mariana Island, Oregon, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin [...]
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Posting Date: 10/22/2024
Utilizing Third Party Billing Companies
During this webinar, we’ll provide education related to using third party billers for your Medicare claims. We’ll identify vulnerabilities, share how to identify inappropriate third-party activities and reduce costs.
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Posting Date: 07/20/2023
Contractor Advisory Committee Meeting
Contractor Advisory Committee Meeting As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, contractors are mandated to base an LCD on robust evidence. Part of the process is to convene SMEs as necessary to review the literature and provide input that [...]
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Posting Date: 09/07/2021
CMS-1500 Claim Form Completion Instructions
CMS-1500 Claim Form Completion Instructions Table of Contents General Information Claim Filing Instructions for Paper and Electronic Submission Regulations on Charging for Claim Form Completion Optical Character Recognition System [...]
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Posting Date: 01/27/2022
General E/M Information
General E/M Information Please explain the terms “auxiliary personnel” and “clinical staff” in the context of Medicare services. Answer: These terms are often used in defining which staff members can perform Medicare services [...]
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