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J14 A/B MAC 

NHIC, Corp. - Part A / RHHI - Weekly Updates

August 9, 2013

Welcome to the NHIC, Corp. J14 A/B MAC Website Mailings!

This information will assist in keeping you updated with Medicare changes.  

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Updates  

  • The Fiscal Year 2015 Wage Index Development Timetable has been published.
  • The summary for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quarterly Updates teleconference held on July 31, 2013 has been published.
  • The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services PS&R System Extended Downtime
    In order to properly report on claim impacts due to Sequestration in the Provider Statistical & Reimbursement (PS&R) reports, system maintenance needs to occur beginning Friday, August 9, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. eastern time (ET) through Sunday, August 18, 2013. During this time period PS&R will be inaccessible. If attempts are made to login to the system, you will be redirected to an information-only screen with the following message, "PS&R is currently unavailable due to system maintenance. This downtime is scheduled to last through 8/18/2013." An announcement communicating this downtime has been posted to the home page of the  CMS PS&R System.
  • The following Hospice Top Claim Submission Error Reports for April 2013 through June 2013 have been published: Top Return to Provider Errors,  Top Rejection Errors and  Top Denial Errors.
 

The Educational Teleconference section below is enhanced to include links to the summaries for each program. The link will take you to our NHIC, Corp. web site.

 

Upcoming Part A Educational Teleconferences 

  

Note: Teleconferences listed are scheduled for 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon (ET), unless otherwise noted.   

 

08/22/2013 

Preventive Services: Colorectal Cancer Screening & Prostate Cancer Screening 

08/28/2013

Avoiding Top Claim Submission Errors

08/29/2013

Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) - Billing After the Primary Payer Makes Payment Via Virtual Room 

Note: This session will be held from 1:00pm to 3:00pm


 

Upcoming RHHI Educational Teleconferences

 

Note: Teleconferences listed are scheduled for 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon (ET), unless otherwise noted.       

 

08/15/2013

Home Health and Hospice Ask the Contractor (ACT) Teleconference

08/20/2013

Home Health Notices

08/29/2013

Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) - Billing After the Primary Payer Makes Payment Via Virtual Room

 

Note: This session will be held from 1:00pm to 3:00pm

 

 

Educational Teleconference Reminders!

 

To provide the best customer service possible, we ask that you complete an assessment for the teleconference you attended. Your evaluation will be used in conjunction with other evaluations to determine in what areas our representatives are most helpful and where they need to strengthen their skills to better satisfy our customers' needs. Please indicate to what degree your expectations were met. Please evaluate each teleconference you attended. Thank you very much. 

 

J14 MAC Part A Assessment Form
J14 MAC RHHI Assessment Form 

 

Registration is required for all teleconferences. 

 

Please visit the J14 Part A and J14 RHHI Educational Programs webpage for further information.  

 

If you are registering for a group, and using only 1 telephone line, then only 1 registration is required. 

Additional CMS Message(s)

 

These messages cover a variety of topics from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that are important to the provider / supplier community. Articles are published on the NHIC, Corp. website.  Please "Click Here" to view the complete list.

 

Please click on the CMS e-News link below for CMS announcements.


(CMS Message 121308-03)

    (CMS Message 121308-02)

 



 
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