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CMS Implements 12-Month Timely Filing Limit - Effective January 1, 2010

Posted 05-11-2010 at 03:41 PM by AndreaStark

CMS Implements 12-Month Timely Filing Limit - Effective January 1, 2010

May 11th, 2010
If you are one of the suppliers who attended Andrea’s The Impact of H.R. 3590 on DME: How the New Healthcare Bill Affects You! webinar, or you’ve subscribed to our RSS feed and are a regular reader of MiraVista's blog, then this news will come as no surprise to you. If you’re not… then listen up!

On May 7, 2010, CMS released MLN Matters® MM6960, which reduces the timely filing...
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Bill to Eliminate Competitive Bidding Gains Sponsors

Posted 01-06-2010 at 02:51 PM by AndreaStark
Updated 01-06-2010 at 02:54 PM by AndreaStark

H.R. 3790, a bill to eliminate the Competitive Bidding program now has 118 co-sponsors.

H.R. 3790 was introduced by Rep. Meek (D-FL) on October 13, 2009 and has been dubbed the Meek Bill. If passed, the bill would effectively repeal the Competitive Bidding program and terminate the contracts of any bid winners.

To keep itself budget neutral, H.R. 3790 proposes two separate cuts in the consumer price index. The first cut of -0.25% would affect all DME except for Group...
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CMS Changes Mind - Billing NOT Retroactive for Voluntary Termination

Posted 01-06-2010 at 02:37 PM by AndreaStark
Updated 01-06-2010 at 02:55 PM by AndreaStark

DME suppliers who did not meet surety bond or accreditation deadlines were advised to voluntarily terminate their billing numbers to prevent being suspended from the Medicare program for a period of one year. Those suppliers who submitted a voluntary termination request did so with the understanding that billing privileges would be reinstated once they met all Medicare billing requirements and billing would be retroactive to the date of accreditation.

However, CMS recently threw a...
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