Supplies & Accessory Changes
Staff Writer
More news...Jurisdiction C announced the following today:
Effective for claims submitted on or after April 1, 2009, for supplies and accessories used with beneficiary-owned equipment, all of the following information must be submitted in Item 19 on the CMS-1500 claim form or in the NTE segment for electronic claims:
HCPCS code of base equipment; and,
A notation that this equipment is beneficiary-owned; and,
Date the patient obtained the equipment.
Read more by copying and pasting the following link into your browser http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/jc/pubs/news/2009/0209/cope9427_2.html
Billers need to be prepared for these changes!