tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 9

BILLING: Stop Rushing to Switch Over to the New CMS-1500

CMS gives you a breather due to incorrect formsDon't discard your old CMS-1500 forms just yet.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services granted you a respite and will allow the old version (12-90) until around June 1, not April 1 as originally planned. Next month, Medicare contractors were supposed to accept only the new version (08-05), which accommodates the National Provider Identification (NPI) number.The delay will give everyone, including providers, clearinghouses and vendors, more time to comply with the new form, cheers Cyndee Weston, executive director of the American Medical Billing Association. -I am doubtful that some...

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