Summary: In this week's Medicare Insights Weekly podcast, please enjoy our articles on Proper Billing Reminder for Drugs and Biologicals, Macular Degeneration, Customer Service training day change, Availability of Education Handouts, Top Claim Submission Errors and revised Local Coverage Determinations. In addition, we are pleased to bring you another exciting interview with our Contractor Medical Director on documentation requirements. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued new and revised Medicare Learning Network Matters articles on Billing Social Work and Psychological Services in Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Implementation of CMS Ruling 1455-R, Medicare Program; Part B Billing in Hospitals, Coding Requirements for Laboratory Specimen Collection Update and Medicare Contractor Annual Update of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification. In our Comprehensive Error Rate Testing segment, we discuss and provide an actual case example on insufficient documentation and its impact on End Stage Renal Disease claims. As we conclude this week’s episode, please review our list of upcoming educational events. A transcript of this program is included with the MP3 file. To view the transcript, please enable lyrics on your player. Have a comment on our podcasts? Take our Podcast Survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MIWpodcastfeedback. Websites referenced in today’s podcast: https://www.novitas-solutions.com/parta/whatsnew/index.html https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-03-10-00360.asp https://www.novitas-solutions.com/claims/index.html https://www.novitas-solutions.com/policy/index.html http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM8257.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM8277.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM8339.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM8355.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/Downloads/bp102c11.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/Downloads/clm104c08.pdf
