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Critical Care Services Provided During Preoperative and post operative

Critical Care Services Provided During Preoperative Portion and Postoperative Portion of Global Period of Procedure with 90 Day Global Period in Trauma and Burn CasesPreoperative critical care and/or...

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When Beneficiary Statement is Not Required for Physician/Supplier Claim

A. Enrollee Signature RequirementsA request for payment signed by the enrollee must be filed on or with each claim for charge basis reimbursement except as provided below. All rules apply to both...

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what provider can do after termination from Medicare ?

 Readmission to Medicare Program After Involuntary TerminationAfter the involuntary termination of its agreements, a health facility cannot participate again as a provider unless:• The reasons for...

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Teaching Physician Criteria billing critical care

In order for the teaching physician to bill for critical care services the teaching physician must meet the requirements for critical care described in the preceding sections. For CPT codes determined...

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Form CMS-1500 Items Affected the reporting

Item 3 - Patient’s Birth DateItem 9b - Other Insured’s Date of BirthItem 11a - Insured’s Date of BirthNote that 8-digit birth dates, when provided, must be reported with a space between month, day, and...

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UB 04 Clean claim submission

UB-04 clean claim submission - Minimum required fieldThe UB-04 form (previously known as the UB-92 and CMS-1450 claim forms) captures essential data elements for providers of services in...

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Remark code MA114 - CMS 1500 Item 32 - Facility address tips to print

If the name, address, and ZIP Code of the facility where the service was furnished in a hospital, clinic, laboratory, or facility other than the patient’s home or physician’s office is not entered in...

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Billing tips for dialysis patient capitation payment - code N290

For physicians who maintain dialysis patients and receive a monthly capitation payment:1. If the physician is a member of a professional corporation, similar group, or clinic, and the NPI is not...

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Billing tips for Laboratory claims in CMS 1500

 For independent laboratory claims:1. Involving EKG tracing and the procurement of specimen(s) from a patient at home or in an institution, if the claim does not contain a validation from the...

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Paper Claim Submission Requirements

All paper CMS 1500 and UB-04 claims must be submitted on standard red claim forms. Black and white versions of these forms, including photocopied versions, faxed versions and resized representations of...

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Claims Processing and Payment (PCIP) program

A. General OverviewIncentive payments will be made on a quarterly basis and shall be equal to 10 percent of the amount paid for such services under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for those...

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Different way of submitting corrected claim

Corrected ClaimsTufts Health Plan accepts both electronic and paper corrected claims, in accordance with guidelines of the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC), the Medicare Managed Care Manual, and...

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Condition for Clean claim

Medicare defines a clean claim as a claim that does not require the Medicare contractor to investigate or develop prior to adjudication. Clean claims must be filed within the filing period.For...

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Concept of Retroactive Eligibility and Spouse and Dependent Coverage

Retroactive EligibilityIf the 1199SEIU Benefit Funds verify a member’s eligibility but subsequently learn that the member was not eligible at the time of service, the member will be retroactively...

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CLIA approved CPT lab code list

CLIA requires that for each test it performs, a laboratory facility must be appropriately certified. To ensure that Medicare & Medicaid only pay for laboratory tests categorized as waived...

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How to bill inpatient admission before patient get the benefit - Value codes

Inpatient admission is prior to the Medicare Part A entitlement dateThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided guidance on reporting days of utilization for a beneficiary’s...

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What is Healthcare Fraud and abuse ?

 What Is Healthcare Fraud?The 1199SEIU Benefit Funds define healthcare fraud as an intentional deception or misrepresentation that an individual knows to be false, or that could knowingly result in...

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Carrier Receipted Bill - Definition

A receipted bill is a written acknowledgment by a person or organization furnishing specified covered services, which states that payment has been made for all services on the bill.Where a receipted...

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Present On Admission (POA) Indicators

Provider Types Affected** Hospitals who submit claims to fiscal intermediaries (FI) or Medicare Part A/B Administrative Contractors (A/B MACs) for Medicare beneficiary inpatient services.** Tufts...

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Meaning of Accept Assignment ?

1. Meaning of Assignment - For purposes of this agreement, accepting assignment of the Medicare Part B payment means requesting direct Part B payment from the Medicare program. Under an assignment, the...

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