On February 17, 2010, CMS posted updated information on its website
addressing several areas of importance and concern regarding its Mandatory
Insurer Reporting (MIR) directives implementing the “notice and reporting”
requirements of Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act.
Through this posting, CMS announced the following information:
- CMS has extended the date for the first production of NGHP Input Files from
April 1, 2010 to January 1, 2011.
- All NGHP RREs should now be registered with the COBC, and either in or
preparing for file testing status.
- NGHP file data exchange testing may continue during 2010, as needed.
- All NGHP file data exchange testing will be completed by December 31,
2010. NGHP RREs that have completed file data exchange testing at any time
are encouraged to proceed to production file data exchange status.
- CMS will post the next version of the "Section 111 NGHP User Guide" and a
number of Alerts relating to particular NGHP policy issues during the week of
February 22, 2010.
- CMS will post an alert for NGHP RREs describing the steps those RREs can
take to assure their ongoing compliance with the Section 111 reporting
requirements during the week of February 22, 2010.
The actual CMS post announcing this information can be viewed at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/MandatoryInsRep/04_Whats_New.asp#TopOfPage
Dec 7, 2009
NuQuest/Bridge Pointe has developed the Medication Regimen
Form and Medication Regimen Comparison to
assist customers in addressing the challenges created by CMS' new
Prescription Drug Policies.
Learn about the new Medication Regimen Services by clicking on the 'Full
Story' link below.
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Nov 12, 2009
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced major
changes to its policies and procedures for parties to follow with regard to
obtaining conditional payment information and dealing with the Medicare
Secondary Payer Recovery Contractor (MSPRC) on matters related to conditional
payments.
NuQuest/Bridge Pointe provides a general summary of these changes and related
information via the 'full story' link below.
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Sep 11, 2009
A recent survey of Medicare
Set-Aside service providers, conducted by CMS, shows that the vast majority of
responders are capable of uploading and transmitting documentation in a PDF
format into a secure Internet web based portal application. As a result,
CMS is moving forward with its plans to make available a secure Internet
web-based portal or interface for the MSA submission process.
CMS will hold a town hall
conference on September 29th to provide an overview of their plans for the
interface and to answer questions related to the
implementation.
The town
hall agenda is available by clicking on the 'Full Story' link below.
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