CMS to Hold Conference Call on Medicare EHR Incentive Program
Medicare mandates Revalidation of your Medicare provider enrollment before March 2013
Medicare Releases 2011 Comparative Billing Reports Centered on Chiropractors
Not all chiropractors will receive this report. If you do, you are encouraged to look at it closely as it indicates your statistics are considered unusual.
On Monday, September 26, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will release a national provider Comparative Billing Report (CBR) centered on Chiropractors who practice in the office setting. It’s a similar study equivalent to the one distributed last fall except this current study will focus on 2010 data and is being sent to 5,000 different Providers.
Medicare Providers Mandated to Receive Reimbursements Through EFT
If you are not already receiving Medicare payments electronically, you should expect First Coast Service Options, Inc. (your Medicare Administrator) to contact you to revalidate your enrollment information. See Medicare notice below.
Revised Medicare Revalidation Information
Have you received notice from Medicare, saying you must REVALIDATE?
Medicare Overpayments
The process has changed for those receiving an Overpayment Notice.
Although most physicians are not affected, if you receive a notice of overpayment from Medicare, the process has changed. Follow up letters will not be sent, but the collection process continues.
TIP: Do not ignore or put off looking at communications from CMS, Medicare or First Coast Service Options (FCSO).
Preparing for the January 1, 2012 Version 5010 Deadline
With the January 1st compliance deadline quickly approaching, CMS has come out with the following information. This contains links to many helpful resources.
Remember that The 5010 Initiative applies to those offices that transmit protected health information (PHI). Of course, offices that bill electronically are transmitting PHI. The small office exemption will still apply. At this time, those offices with fewer than 10 full time employees (FTE) are exempt from billing electronically.
Attention Health Professionals:
Information Regarding the Holding of 2012 Date-of-Service Claims for Services Paid Under the 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
(From a CMS Release of 12/20/2011) The negative update under current law for the 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is scheduled to take effect on Sun Jan 1, 2012, eight business days from today. Consequently, as on numerous occasions in the past, CMS will instruct its Medicare claims administration contractors to hold claims containing 2012 services paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for the first 10 business days of January 2012 (i.e., Sun Jan 1 through Tue Jan 17). The hold should have minimal impact on provider cash flow because, under current law, clean electronic claims are not paid sooner than 14 calendar days (29 days for paper claims) after the date of receipt.
Congress Goes Home Without Settling Medicare Reimbursement Issue
House and Senate cannot find common ground on tax measure which contains Medicare cut delay
(From an ACA Govt. Relations Action Bulletin of 12/21/11) Most members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined their Senate colleagues on Tuesday in going back home to their districts without agreeing on a tax measure that also contained a provision calling off the scheduled 27.4 percent cut in reimbursement to Medicare providers, including doctors of chiropractic.