tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 10

PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP

Physicians should expect an influx of patients seeking colorectal screenings in coming weeks, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other organizations publicize March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. In a Feb. 28 program memorandum (AB-03-033; http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/AB03033.pdf), CMS orders fiscal intermediaries and carriers to include a CRC message on Medicare Summary Notices, place an article on CRC on their beneficiary Web sites, and advertise CRC Awareness Month in their provider newsletters and Web pages. In other recent program memoranda, CMS: • lays out payment policies for services listed on fee schedules without a specific...

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