tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 37

PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP

The 2004 update to the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System will reach Medicare contractors Oct. 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says in a Sept. 12 program memorandum (AB-03-140; http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/AB03140.pdf). CMS points out that the American Medical Association has established some new category II codes (ending with the letter "F") that will be used to track performance measurement. In other recent program memoranda, CMS: updates contractor instructions on appeals quality improvement and data analysis activities (AB-03-139; http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/AB03139.pdf), and changes policies on end stage renal disease reimbursement for automated multi-channel chemistry tests...

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