Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) was recently awarded a prime contract by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide Enterprise Remote Identity Proofing (ERIP) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Credential Services to support CMS in providing this Enterprise Service. The contract has a one year base period of performance, four one-year options and a total value of $78 million, if all options are exercised.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has scheduled a National Provider Call on the Physician Quality Reporting System & Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program on Tuesday, Feb. 21, from 1:30-3 p.m. ET. Experts will provide an overview on claims-based reporting for both programs, followed by a question and answer session. Registration closes at noon the day of the call or when space has been filled.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a letter reminding doctors to maintain documentation needed to ensure payments for DME products.
Registration for Round 2 of the Competitive Bidding Program closes on Thursday, Feb. 9. Bidding is already underway, with the 60-day bid window opening on Monday, Jan. 30.
HME providers are submitting bids online using the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services DMEPOS Bidding System (DBidS).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service has scheduled a National Provider Call for Wednesday, Jan. 25, from 2-3:30 p.m. ET, regarding the Medicare FFS implementation of HIPAA Version 5010 and D.0 transaction standards.
Bid Prep Inc., a consulting company for providers participating in the Competitive Bidding Program, sent a notice last week that credit reports for providers submitting Round 2 bids must be prepared by Jan. 30.
That deadline has not been highly publicized, and awkward wording in CMS literature further obscures it. CME literature states that the credit report must be dated “within 90 days prior” to the opening of the bid window.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced last week the release of modifications to the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code set. Changes have been posted to the HCPCS website and are effective on the date indicated on the update.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated its agenda for the Home Health, Hospice & DME/Quality Open Door Forum, scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 11, from 2-3 p.m. ET. Items will include Home Health Grouper; Competitive Bidding Announcement and Update; Hospice Quality Reporting Announcement; Home Health Oasis Update; Home Health CAHPS Update; and Home Health Billing Update. The forum will be in an audio-only web streaming format, and registration is now open.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a new method for contractors to receive medical documentation electronically from providers and suppliers when they are responding to an Additional Documentation Request (ADR), according to Jurisdiction B DME MAC, National Government Services.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued two announcements Friday revising and clarifying conditions for Round 2 of the Competitive Bidding Program.
CMS revised bid limits in the Round 2 Bid Preparation Worksheets for 14 HCPCS codes for power wheelchairs (K0813 through K0829). The previous bid limits listed in the worksheet were incorrectly based on 150 percent of the actual bid limits, CMS reported.
Besieged for weeks by the HME industry, politicians and advocates for the disabled, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Thursday that it was indefinitely delaying a demonstration project that would have required prepayment reviews of power mobility devices in seven states.
The project was supposed to start Jan. 1, and the HME industry responded to the last-minute reprieve with relief.
Republican leaders from the House Energy and Commerce Committee have written a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services asking for information on oversight of two Medicare fraud contractor programs.
The congressional members want information from 2007 until present on the Zone Program Integrity Contractor (ZPIC) program and the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Dec. 20 announced the creation of the Independence at Home program, a three-year initiative that will allow up to 10,000 Medicare patients to receive care at home.
The announcement came after Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., sent a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, acting director of CMS, asking that the Independence at Home demonstration project be given higher priority.