by Medical Billing | Aug 18, 2015 | Medicare payment basics
New Codes – RARC Code Modified Narrative Effective Date N753 Missing/Incomplete/Invalid Attachment Control Number. 07/01/2015 N754 Missing/Incomplete/Invalid Referring Provider or Other Source Qualifier on the 1500 Claim Form....
by Medical Billing | Jan 19, 2015 | Medicare payment basics
Pediatric Physician Rate Increase Effective January 1, 2015, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes 99201 through 99496 will be reimbursed with an enhanced rate to pediatric physicians billing fee-for-service with one of the following specialty codes: 001, 019,...
by Lori | Dec 31, 2014 | Medicare payment basics
First Coast Service Options’ (First Coast’s) claims department is receiving a high volume of invalid or unnecessary PWK (5010 paperwork segment) fax/mail coversheets. If a coversheet is received containing inaccurate, incomplete, or invalid information,...
by Lori | Dec 18, 2014 | Medicare payment basics
PWK allows documentation to be submitted with an initial claim Effective October 1, 2012, First Coast Service Options Inc. (First Coast) implemented the PWK (paperwork) segment of the X12N version 5010. PWK allows for voluntary submission of supporting documentation...
by Lori | Dec 9, 2014 | Medicare payment basics
Provider Action Needed: Change Request (CR) 8942 alerts you that the annual HPSA bonus payment file for 2015 will be made available by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to your MAC and will be used for HPSA bonus payments on applicable claims with...