CMS announces entrepreneurs and innovators to access Medicare data

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Last week at Health Datapalooza, the acting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Andy Slavitt, announced a new policy that for the first time will allow innovators and entrepreneurs to access CMS data, such as Medicare claims. As part of the Administration’s commitment to use of data and information to drive transformation of the healthcare delivery system, CMS Continue reading CMS announces entrepreneurs and innovators to access Medicare data→

Revised CMS 855R Application – Reassignment of Medicare Benefits

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Physicians, non-physician practitioners, providers, and suppliers must use the revised CMS 855R (Reassignment of Benefits) application beginning June 1, 2015. The revised CMS 855R application will be available for use on the CMS.gov website as of December 29, 2014. MACs may accept both the current and revised versions of the CMS 855R through May 31, 2015, after which the revised Continue reading Revised CMS 855R Application – Reassignment of Medicare Benefits→

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Increasing Tax Withholding to 30 Percent for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Federal Payment Levy Program (FPLP)

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Change Request (CR) 9154 instructs the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS) system maintainer to make necessary programming changes to increase the tax withhold percentage from 15 percent to 30 percent. If you owe back taxes to the IRS and those taxes are eligible to be withheld from payments due you from Medicare, the withhold rate will increase from Continue reading Increasing Tax Withholding to 30 Percent for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Federal Payment Levy Program (FPLP)→

Final Opportunity to Volunteer for ICD-10 End-to-End Testing in July —  Forms Accepted May 11 through 22

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Deadline extended During the week of July 20 through 24, 2015, a final sample group of providers will have the opportunity to participate in ICD-10 end-to-end testing with Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and the Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI) contractor. CMS is accepting additional July volunteers from May 11 through 22, 2015. Don’t miss your chance to participate in end-to-end Continue reading Final Opportunity to Volunteer for ICD-10 End-to-End Testing in July —  Forms Accepted May 11 through 22→