Rx2000
Institute
11824 Wayzata Blvd
Minneapolis, MN 55305
Phone: 952-595-9551
FAX: 952-513-1544
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The Health Care Financing Administration would like to
inform you of recent web postings to www.hcfa.gov
regarding the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS).
First, on November 3, (as previously mentioned via this listserv), HCFA
released a program memorandum to Medicare intermediaries regarding new
drugs, biologicals, and devices eligible for transitional pass-through
payments or payment through a "new technology" ambulatory
payment classification (APC) effective January 1, 2001. That program
memorandum can be viewed at:
www.hcfa.gov/pubforms/transmit/A0082.pdf
Second, we have provided Addendum A and Addendum B, which appeared in the
Federal Register (65 FR 67798) as part of the November 13, 2000 interim
final rule with comment period (IFC), in Excel spreadsheet format that can
be easily downloaded. The November 13, 2000 IFC provides for certain
updates to the Medicare OPPS effective January 1, 2001. The spreadsheets
and the IFC can be accessed by going to www.hcfa.gov/medlearn/refopps.htm
and clicking on the links for the interim rule and Addendum A and Addendum
B.
Third, we have posted information about payment for APC groups involving
the use of pacemakers and neurostimulator leads, generators, receivers,
and transmitters effective for services furnished on or after January 1,
2001. This information can be found by going to www.hcfa.gov/medlearn/pace.htm
We hope this information will be useful to you.
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