Tomorrow, March 6th, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
regional offices are hosting an informative webinar on Version 5010 for
healthcare providers, clearing houses, vendors and others. The webinar will be
available at two times: one for Central time zone participants and another for
Western time zone participants.
WHAT: CMS Webinar- Version 5010: Where Are We Now?
DATE: March 6, 2012
TIME: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST
Limited registration<http://registration.intercall.com/go/cms2> is still open
for the CST and PST webinars; act now to reserve your seat.
This event will allow you to learn more about:
1. Current conversion statistics
2. Top 10 concerns impacting the 5010 transition
3. Status of current Version 5010 Standard System Maintainer fixes
4. Top 10 Version 5010 edits
5. Medicaid update
6. Resources and contact information
Version 5010 refers to the standards that anyone covered by HIPAA must use when
electronically conducting certain health care administrative transactions, such
as claims, remittance, eligibility, and claims status requests and responses.
To be compliant, organizations must have upgraded to and begun using Version
5010 to send and receive claims and all other HIPPA adopted electronic
transactions starting on January 1; however, CMS has implemented an enforcement
discretion period which is in effect now until March 31, 2012.
Keep Up to Date on Version 5010 and ICD-10.
Please visit www.cms.gov/ICD10<http://www.cms.gov/ICD10> for the latest news
and resources to help you prepare!
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It's Not too Late to Give and Get the Flu Vaccine. Take advantage of each
office visit and protect your patients against the seasonal flu. Medicare will
continue to pay for the seasonal flu vaccine and its administration for all
Medicare beneficiaries through the entire flu season. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) also recommends that patients, healthcare workers
and caregivers be vaccinated against the seasonal flu. Protect your patients.
Protect your family. Protect yourself. Get the Flu Vaccine-Not the Flu.
Remember - The flu vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits.
CMS has posted the 2011-2012 seasonal flu vaccine payment limits at
http://www.CMS.gov/McrPartBDrugAvgSalesPrice/10_VaccinesPricing.asp. Note that
the flu vaccine is NOT a Part D-covered drug.
For more information on coverage and billing of the flu vaccine and its
administration, as well as related educational provider resources, visit
http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp and
http://www.cms.gov/immunizations.
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