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| Providers May See Increase in Claims Rejections Beginning Next Week | The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that beginning Sept. 3, carriers will no longer correct billing or pay-to provider information submitted on Medicare claims submitted by group practices. This may lead to an increase in claims rejections when not using the correct National Provider Identifier (NPI) or NPI and legacy number combination. Group practices should be reporting the group NPI or group legacy number in combination with the group NPI in the billing or pay-to-provider identifier filed.
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| Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pad Requirement | Recently the Connecticut Department of Social Services issued a provider bulletin outlining the new federal Medicaid requirements for tamper resistant prescription pads. These new requirements go into effect on October 1, 2007. Please take a minute to read this bulletin to make sure that your practice is in compliance.
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| 2007 Legislative Report | The 2007 Legislative Session was a busy one for medicine. To learn about which legislative bills and initiatives were introduced and may have an impact on your practice, click here. |
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| President Signs Legislation Delaying Medicare Cuts for 6 Months | On Saturday, Dec. 29, the president signed the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, which replaces the 10.1 percent reduction in Medicare Part B payments scheduled for 2008 with a six-month, 0.5 percent increase. Physicians will again face a reduction in Part B payments in July 2008 unless Congress once again intervenes.
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