Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting Announcement

Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting Announcement Table of Contents Jurisdiction 6/Jurisdiction K Part A/Part B MAC Requests to Present Registered Presenters (Slide Presentations Only) Observers Comments on Proposed LCDs [...]

Prepare and Submit an MSP Conditional Claim

Table of Contents Background Step 1: Determine if You Can Submit a Conditional Claim Step 2: Prepare a Conditional Claim Conditional Billing Code Table Step 3: Check for a Matching MSP Record for the Beneficiary in the Common [...]

Accreditation of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging and FDA Mammography Equipment

Reminder, if a hospital, clinic/group or Independent Diagnostic Treatment Facility has ADI screening equipment, certification from a designated ADI accrediting organization needs to be implemented or updated on the Medicare enrollment. The [...]

Audit and Reimbursement

Audit and Reimbursement Cost Report Filing State/Region Contact Information Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont JK_Cost_Report_Filing@anthem.com FQHC (All), [...]

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. [...]

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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 [...]

Failure to Report a Critical Change

Failure to Report a Critical Change Providers and suppliers enrolled in Medicare are required to ensure strict compliance with Medicare regulations by submitting updates and changes to enrollment information in accordance with specified [...]

Failure to Complete Revalidation

Failure to Complete Revalidation Avoid claims being rejected or termination of Medicare billing privileges by responding: by the revalidation due date timely to additional information requested Related Content Medicare Revalidation [...]

Global Period Services - HCPCS Code G0559

Global Period Services - HCPCS Code G0559 As of 1/1/2025, CMS has implemented HCPCS Code G0559 to capture work performed by a provider other than the performing surgeon during the global period associated with most surgical procedures. The [...]

Jurisdiction K State Licensing and Certification Websites

State Licensing and Certification Websites The following list contains helpful links to websites of some organizations within JK that can be used to verify your status. Table of Contents Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New [...]

Deactivation of Billing Privileges/Suspension of Payment

Reasons for Deactivation of Medicare Billing Privileges/Suspension of Payment (not all inclusive) Inactivity Failure to complete revalidation within required time frame Unreported provider address and/or bank information Inactivity [...]

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