July 2009 Update to the ASC Payment System; Summary of Payment Policy Changes
This Recurring Update Notification describes changes to, and billing instructions for, payment policies implemented in the July 2009 ASC payment system update. In this Change Request (CR), we are issuing instructions to contractors to modify their systems to accept the July 2009 ASCFS, the July 2009 ASC PI file, and the updated January and July ASC DRUG files and to ensure that the updated files properly interface with all other ASC module programming. This RUN applies to IOM Chapter 14.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: June 19, 2009
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