Calculation of the Interim Payment of Indirect Medical Education (IME) Through the Inpatient PPS Pricer for Hospitals that Received an Increase to Their Full-Time Equivalent Resident Caps Under Section 422 of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) , P.L. 108- 173 - September 26, 2005 Fiscal Year 2006 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) PPS Changes - September 22, 2005 Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Update FY 2006 - August 16, 2005 Late IRF-PAI Data Submission Penalty Protocol Within the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System - August 09, 2005 Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - July 20, 2005 MMA - Full Replacement of CR 3572, New Case-Mix Adjusted End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Composite Payment Rates and New Composite Rate Exceptions Window for Pediatric ESRD Facilities. CR 3572 Is Rescinded. - June 28, 2005 Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - June 21, 2005 Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Update FY 2005 for 9 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) with New Wage Index Values Effective January 1, 2005 - June 21, 2005 Teaching Adjustment for the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility (IPF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) - June 21, 2005 Update to Fiscal Year 2005 Wage Index for Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Hospitals - June 21, 2005 Clarification Regarding National Provider Identifier (NPI) June 16, 2005 Update - Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) for Rate Year 2006 June 16, 2005 Fact Sheet Available on "Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Classification Requirements" June 14, 2005 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Classification Requirements June 14, 2005 Calculating Payment-to-Cost Ratios (PCR) for Purposes of Determining Transitional Corridor Payments under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) June 14, 2005 Update to Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Pricer for Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals April 04, 2005 Medicare ¨Must Bill¨ Policy for Reimbursement of Dual-Eligible Bad Debts October 19, 2004 Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) and Other Bill Processing Changes Related to the IPPS Final Rule October 11, 2004 MMA-Changes in Transitional Outpatient Payment (TOP) for 2004 September 7, 2004 Medicare “Must Bill” Policy for Reimbursement of Dual-Eligible Bad Debts - August 20, 2004 The Supplemental Security Income (SSI)/Medicare Beneficiary Data for Fiscal Year 2003 for Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals - August 20, 2004 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Annual Update: Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Changes for FY 2005 - August 5, 2004 Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Update FY 2005 - August 5, 2004 New Interest rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - August 5, 2004 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Classification Requirements - July 27, 2004 Chapter 5 - Financial Management Manual: Section 420 - Procedures for Re-issuance and Stale Dating of Medicare Checks - July 26, 2004 Criteria for Payment to be Sent to a Bank - July 12, 2004 Instructions Related to “Redistribution of Unused Resident Positions,” Section 422 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), P.L. 108-173, for Purposes of Graduate Medical Education (GME)Payments - June 9, 2004 MMA - Changes in Determining Rural Status of Hospitals for Transitional Outpatients Payments for 2004 - May 21, 2004 Intern and Resident Information System (IRIS) Edit Program--ACTION - May 12, 2004 MMA - Section 511 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 Special Adjustment for Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Rates for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - May 12, 2004 MMA - CMS to Increase Payments to Hospitals Reclassified Under Medicare Reform Law - May 5, 2004 Quarterly Update of the Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - May 5, 2004 MMA-- Implementation of Sections 401,402,504, and 508(a) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) - April 7, 2004 Implementation of Section 508(f) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173) - April 2, 2004 MMA - Claims Requiring Adjustment as a Result of April 2004 changes to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) - April 1, 2004 Payment Rate for Fulvestrant (Faslodex) under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) - April 1, 2004 MMA - Changes to the FY 2004 Graduate Medical Education (GME) Payments as Required by the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), P.L. 108-173 - March 24, 2004 MMA - April 2004 Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS): Payment for Drugs, Biologicals and Radiopharmaceuticals, Generic versus Brand Name - March 24, 2004 MMA-Restoring Composite Rate Exceptions for Pediatric Facilities Under the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Composite Rate System -March 5, 2004 Provider Reimbursement Manual, Section 2231 - Regional Medicare Swing-Bed Rates - February 27, 2004 Change in Methodology for Determining Payment for Outliers Under the IRF PPS - February 9, 2004 Implementation of the Occupational Mix Survey - January 28, 2004 FY 2005 Hospital Wage Index Development Timetable (October 2003 through October 2004) - January 28, 2004 Instructions for Home Health Cost Reporting Processes - January 12, 2004 2004 Ambulance Inflation Factor (AIF) - January 5, 2004 Changes in Transitional Outpatient Payment (TOP) for 2004 - December 22, 2003 The Supplemental Security Income (SSI)/ Medicare Beneficiary Data for Fiscal Year 2002 for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs) Paid Under the PPS - December 9, 2003 HHA FY2004 Update - December 4, 2003 Implementation of Corrections to: Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) and Fiscal Year 2004 Rates - November 11, 2003 Interest Rate - November 4, 2003 Provider Reimbursement Manual Update for Data Collection for Skilled Nursing Facilities - October 6, 2003 Reminder Notice of the Implementation of the Ambulance Transition Schedule - October 2, 2003 Conflicting Policies with Provider Reimbursement Manual 15-1, Section 2771 - October 2, 2003 Instructions to Exhibit 5, Column 4 of CMS 339 - September 22, 2003 Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Update - September 3, 2003 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Annual Update: Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Changes for FY 2004 - September 3, 2003 Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - September 3, 2003 The Supplemental Security Income (SSI)/Medicare Beneficiary Data for Fiscal Year 2002 for Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals - August 11, 2003 Adjustment to the Rural Mileage Payment Rate for Ground Ambulance Services - August 11, 2003 Change in Methodology for Determining Payment for Outliers Under Acute Care Hospital Inpatient and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment Systems - July 16, 2003 Payment Update for Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Rate Year 2004 - July 1, 2003 Updated Revision to Change Request (CR) 2508, Suspension, Offset, and Recoupement of Medicare Payments to Providers and Suppliers of Services - June 3, 2003 Acceptance/Rejection of Cost Reports - May 22, 2003 Skilled Nursing Facility Revised Provider Cost Reporting Forms and Instructions Chapter 35, Form CMS 2540-96 - May 16, 2003 Provider-based Status On or After October 1, 2002 - May 1, 2003 Revised Cost Reporting Forms and Instructions - April 22, 2003 Implementation of the Temporary Equalization of Urban and Rural Standardized Payment Amounts Under the Medicare Inpatient Hospital Prospective Payment System (IPPS) as Required By Section 402(b) of Public Law 108-7 - April 1, 2003 Notice Of Medicare Interest Paid - March 6, 2003 Calculating Provider Specific Medicare Outpatient Cost to Charge Ratios (CCRs) and Instructions on Cost Report Treatment of Hospital Outpatient Services Paid on a Reasonable Cost Basis - February 27, 2003 Payment to Hospitals and Units Excluded from the Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) and Nursing and Allied Health (N&AH) Education for Medicare + Choice (M+C) Enrollees - February 27, 2003 Payment Policies for Group Therapy, Therapy Students and Bad Debts - February 6, 2003 Revision to 42CFR 405.371 Suspension, Offset and Recoupment of Medicare Payments to Providers and Suppliers of Services - January 31, 2003 Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - December 12, 2002 Modification of Audit and Cost Report Settlement Expectation in Change Request 1468 - September 5, 2002 Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - August 16, 2001    Provider Master Information Provider Master Information Form - July 8, 2002 Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - August 16, 2002    Extended Repayment Schedules (ERS) for the Home Health Providers who received the special Periodic Payment (PIP) - June 27, 2002    New Patient Status Code 64 Clarification to Periodic Interim Payments (PIP) For Home Health Providers and Clarification on Extension of Due Dates for Filing Provider Cost Reports Coverage and Billing of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy with Loss of Protective Sensation in People with Diabetes Additional Clarification for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) Services Blood Deductible Claims Update - June 2, 2002    Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments & Underpayments Diabetes Self Managament Training Payment - May 23, 2002    Notice of Interest Rate - March 21, 2002    Extended Repayment Schedules - February 28, 2002    Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - November 15, 2001   CMS Audit and Cost Report Settlement Expectations Program Memorandum A-01-82 - September 1, 2001    Extension of Due Date for Filing Provider Cost Reports - August 2, 2001    Clarification of Provider cost Report Filing Requirements - June1, 2001    Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - May 10, 2001    Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - March 8, 2001   Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - November 16, 2000   Interim Process for Certain "Inpatient Only" Code Changes - August 24, 2000    Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - May 11, 2000 Electronic Filing of Provider Cost Reports; Home Health Agencies (HHAs) and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) - May 10, 2000 Hand Delivering of Documentation - This revises the bulletin dated March 11, 1999 - April 1, 2000 Notice of New Interest Rate; Adult Liver Transplantation - February 28, 2000 Statistical Sampling and Provider Documentation - February 1, 2000 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Election of Immediate Transition to 100% Federal Rate - December 20, 1999 Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - November 3, 1999 Hand Delivering Documentation - September 10, 1999 Maryland Medicare Reopening Policy - April 30, 1999 Hand Delivering Documentation - March 11, 1999