tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 11

PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP

Heads up, physicians: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued its first update to the 2004 Medicare physician fee schedule database. In a Feb. 20 program transmittal (change request 3128), CMS lists affected CPT and HCPCS codes and associated changes. In other recent program transmittals, CMS:updates home health payment policies (CR 3085); supplies instructions to durable medical equipment regional carriers on processing national drug code numbers (CR 3141); clarifies Medicare secondary payer issues connected with psychiatric claims (CR 2955). To see the transmittals, go to www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/transmittals/comm_date_dsc.asp. ...

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