Modifying the Timely Filing Exceptions on Retroactive Medicare Entitlement and Retroactive Medicare Entitlement Involving State Medicaid Agencies
We are revising sections 70.7, 70.7.2, and 70.7.3, in chapter 1 of Pub. 100-04, to specify that if a provider, supplier, or beneficiary is unable to provide the contractor with an official SSA letter, the contractor shall check the Common Working File (CWF) database in order to verify a beneficiary’s retroactive Medicare entitlement date.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: May 25, 2012
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