The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is allowing certain providers to keep using a Medicare claim form past the intended April 1 expiration date due to problems with the new version of the CMS-1500 form.

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April 2007 - Table of Contents

GCR April 2007 (full PDF issue)

Government Looks to Increase Oversight of Laboratory-Developed Tests

Lab Industry Requests Delay on NPI Compliance

CMS Extends Deadline for Using Old Version of Provider Claims Form

Phase III Self-Referral Rule May Be Delayed

Two Versions of ABN May Be Combined Into One

What’s Next With Pod Laboratories?

Illinois Court Upholds PC Billing by Pathologists

Medicaid HMO Hit With Additional $190 Million Penalty

Proposal to Subsidize Ambulance Costs Could Violate Kickback Rules, OIG Says

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