In simultaneous announcements distributed by all four DME MACs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a change to the refill requirements for DMEPOS items and supplies provided on a recurring basis. The new requirements cover a number of different types of DMEPOS including but not limited to CPAP.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will release a Comparative Billing Report (CBR) addressing Evaluation and Management Services on June 4.

Join the AASM International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) Revision Task Force members on Tuesday June 12 from 2:45-4:45pm at SLEEP 2012 for the discussion "Developing ICSD-3: Work to Date and Future Directions." The discussion group is chaired by Dr. Michael Sateia, chair of the ICSD Revision Task Force.

In a blog post on May 3, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a delay to implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Referred to as the Sunshine Act, the provision was developed to require physicians to disclose any financial compensation worth more than $10 from pharmaceutical or medical device companies.

Join the AASM coding and compliance experts at SLEEP 2012 on Tuesday, June 12 from 10:15am-12:15pm for the session "Changes to the CPT Guidelines for SLEEP Medicine Services: How Will They Affect My Practice?" The two-hour session will walk attendees through the new Sleep Medicine Testing Guidelines included in the CPT codebook in 2012.

On April 27, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule on Changes in Provider and Supplier Enrollment, Ordering and Referring, and Documentation Requirements; and Changes in Provider Agreements.

Medicare providers who do not successfully participate in the e-prescribing (eRx) program will be subject to a 1.5 percent reduction in their 2013 Medicare Part B payments. Act now to avoid this significant penalty.

In an April 18 press release, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported significant savings in the first year of the durable medical equipment (DME) competitive biding program.

In a recent Weekly Update article, we reported on the implementation of the sleep specialty code for CMS. The code will be available via the Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) in May.