decisionhealth Newsletters, Answer Books - 2008 Issue 12 (December)
Program_Memos / 2001 / AB-01-177
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Article Overview
This article is a CMS program memorandum for Medicare contractors that summarizes emergency updates affecting the 2002 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database and associated file releases. It is relevant to billing, coding, and fee schedule maintenance staff who need to track database revisions, effective dates, and implementation timing for specific procedure records. The article presents broad update categories for multiple code sets and file types used in Medicare processing.
Why This Topic Matters
It documents time-sensitive Medicare fee schedule database corrections and file replacements that can affect claim processing and system maintenance workflows.
What You Will Learn
- What the memorandum is about at a high level
- Which Medicare database files were updated or replaced
- What types of record-level changes were included in the emergency update
- When the update became effective and when it was implemented
Who Should Read This
- Medicare carriers and intermediaries
- Billing and coding staff
- Fee schedule database maintenance teams
- Revenue cycle professionals
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