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A1984: Home Health and Hospice Workshops Begin April 2003A1985: You Spoke, We Listened!
A1986: Clarification of Language for Part A Adjustment Requests
A1987: Teaching and Instruction for Provider (TIP) Letters from Medical Review
A1989: Top 10 Denial Reasons-January 2003
A1990: Top 10 Denial Reasons - November and December 2002
A1992: Provider Contact for Medical Review
A2011: Should Condition Code 20, 21 or Occurrence Code 32 Be Used?
A2015: Top 10 Denial Reasons - October 2002
A2423: Timely Filing Standards
A2424: Hospital Outpatient Therapy Claims and Home Health Consolidated Billing
A2427: Filing Claims for a Hospice Patient's Condition that Are Not Related to the Patient's Illness
A2429: Medicare Secondary Payer Guide
A2431: MSP Reminders
A2433: Second Comment Period for Palmetto GBA's Home Health Wound Care Policy
A2434: When to Request a Re-open from the Medical Review Department Versus a Reconsideration from the Appeals Department?
A2435: How to Handle National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) for Clinical Laboratory Testing
A2436: Checklist Used in the Medical Review Process
A2437: Levocarnitine for Use in the Treatment of Carnitine Deficiency in ESRD Patients
A2438: Timeliness of Signatures
A2442: Holding of All Outpatient Claims Containing Revenue Code 0964
A2443: Reporting of CPT Code 97014 and HCPCS Code G0283
A2444: Medicare Advisories are Changing!
A2446: Hospice Care Enhances Dignity and Peace As Life Nears Its End
A2447: Top 10 Denial Reasons - February and March 2003
A2448: Office of Inspector General (OIG) Audit of Payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)
A2481: Hospice Date of Revocation/Discharge
A2482: New South Carolina Part A Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System
A3188: Sulzer Inter-Op Acetabular Shell Recall Settlement with CMS
A3190: Prospective Payment System Patient Transfers Improperly Paid as Hospital Discharges
A3191: Claims Containing Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) J1440 and J1441 to Be Held
A3223: Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Mass Adjustments
A3227: RHHI Claims Addresses Reminder
A3248: Alzheimer’s Edit Feedback
A3254: Next Series of Medicare Part A On-Line Training Sessions
A3258: Effective Date for Q3017
A3261: Field Locator 76, Admitting Diagnosis, and Artifical Intelligence
A3282: Payment Recoupment For Deceased Beneficiaries
A3287: Reason Code 32226 Update (Revised)
A3288: Statement of Tom Scully, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Therapy Coverage of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
A3289: UPDATE: Home Health and Hospice Training Manuals
A3291: “5-Day Rule” for Hospice Recertifications Rescinded
A3297: Appropriate Use of Modifiers -59 and -91
A3306: Beneficiary Edits
A3307: Pass-Through Payments for Bad Debts in a Skilled Nursing Facilty (SNF)
A11514: HOSPICE: DOCUMENTING WEIGHT LOSS FOR BENEFICIARIES WITH NON-NEOPLASTIC CONDITIONS
A11518: ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUEST (ADR) REMINDERS
A11583: FOCUSED MEDICAL REVIEW (FMR) EDUCATIONAL HINTS
A11608: ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUEST (ADR) REMINDERS
A11696: Clarification of Policy # 99H-021-L – Physical Therapy for Home Health
A11701: Standard Questions and Answers for Beneficiaries Related to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective System (OPPS)
A20631: Making Bill Corrections On Claims In Medical Review
A23890: Response to Comment Period For Outpatient Psychiatry and Psychology Services LCD 04A-0008-L
A23891: Outpatient Psychiatry And Psychology Services Coding Guidelines
A25019: Response to Comment Period for Flow Cytometry Local Coverage Determination 04A-0006-L
A25029: Response to Comments for the Blepharoplasty and Brow Repair Local Coverage Determination (LCD) 95A-0008-L
A25042: Response to Comments for the Syphilis Test Local Coverage Determination (LCD) 96A-0014-L
A25090: Response to Comment Period for Computerized Axial Tomography of the Abdomen LCD 04A-0010-L
A33221: Supplemental Instructions:PHP Services
A35710: Response to Comments for Positron Emission Tomography LCD 99A-0015-L
A41768: Response to Comment Period for Outpatient Speech Language Pathology LCD 02A-0005-L
A42786: Response to the Comment Period for the B12 Injection LCD 06A-0001-L
A42791: Response to the Comment Period for the Pamidronate Local Coverage Determination (LCD) 06A-0009-L
A42801: Response to Comments for Infliximab 06A-0013-L
A42813: Response to the Comment Period for the Zoledronic Acid LCD 06A-0002-L
A42819: Response to the Comment Period for the Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) LCD 06A-0008-L
A42827: Response to the Comment Period for the Chemotherapy Agents, Anti-Cancer, Selected LCD 06A-0005-L
A42894: Response to the Comment Period for the Colony Stimulating Factors Local Coverage Determination (LCD) 06A-0010-L
A42950: Response to the Comment Period for the Echocardiography LCD 06A-0011-L
A43022: Response to the Comment Period for Computed Tomographic Angiography of the Chest (CTA) LCD 06A-0007-L
A43036: Response to the Comment Period for Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization Local Coverage Determination (LCD) 06A-0006-L
A44375: Response to the Comment Period for the Magnetic Resonance Angiography LCD 07A-0001-L
A45191: Response to the Comment Period for the Right Cardiac Catheterization LCD 07A-0002-L
A45195: Response to the Comment period for the Erythropoietin Substitutes Local Coverage Determination 07A-0005-L
A45668: Response to the Comment Period for the Chemotherapy Agents, Anti-Cancer, Selected LCD 06A-0005-L
A45853: Response to Comments for the High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Testing Local Coverage Determination (LCD) 07A-0009-L
A45867: Response to the Comment Period for the Left Cardiac Catheterization Local Coverage Determination (LCD) 07A-0006-L
A45911: Response to Comments for Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) Local Coverage Determination (LCD) 06A-0008-L
A46074: Response to Comments for Serum Folic Acid Local Coverage Determination (LCD) 07A-0007-L
A46076: Response to Comments for Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) Chemistry Test Local Coverage Determination (LCD) 07A-0008-L
A48196: Resonse to Comments for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMPT)
A48429: Response to Comments for Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization