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12/22/2011 - Short-Term SGR Deal Reached
12/20/2011 - Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Part B Editing of the National Drug Code (NDC)
Effective December
9, 2011, Medicare FFS turned off the current ASC X12 Version 5010 Common
Edit and Enhancements Module (CEM) National Drug Code (NDC)
validation edit for Medicare Part B.
12/07/2011 - HHS delays Stage 2 of Meaningful Use until 2014
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Stage
2 of the Medicare EHR incentive program (Meaningful Use) would be delayed until
2014
08/31/2011 - 2012 Physician Fee Schedule - FINAL COMMENTS
08/01/2011 - HIPAA Privacy Rule: Accounting of Disclosures under HITECH
07/08/2011 - Lab Signature Policy
CMS has just announced that they are proposing to officially rescinding the lab signature policy. The rescission announcement should appear in the federal register as a "proposed rule" in the next few days but wanted to give you a heads-up. CMS indicated that they were rescinding the lab signature policy in light of additional feedback the agency received from the stakeholder community after the publication of the policy.
07/08/2011 - Affordable Care Act cuts health care red tape, saves $12 billion
On Thursday, June 30, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took the first steps to implement an Affordable Care Act provision that cuts red tape in the health care system and saves an estimated $12 billion over the next ten years.
07/08/2011 - Electronic claims require a street address starting Jan. 1, 2012
If you submit claim transactions electronically, you will need to change the information you report in the billing provider address field. Starting Jan. 1, 2012, you must report either a street address or a physical location in this field in order to comply with the HIPAA 5010 version of the electronic standard transactions.
05/11/2011 - 3% Withhold Comment Letter
