Electronic File Interchange
CMS
Medicare Learning Matters: SE0632 (PDF).
Publication Date: May 03, 2006
On May 1, 2006, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the revised CMS 855 Medicare provider enrollment applications. As part of the revised enrollment process, initial enrollees and existing enrollees making changes to their enrollment information must include their National Provider Identifier (NPI) number and a copy of the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) NPI notification with the enrollment application. No initial application can be approved and no updates to existing enrollment information can be made without this NPI information. All health care providers and suppliers who bill Medicare are required to obtain their NPI in advance of enrolling in or changing their Medicare enrollment data.
For additional information about the NPI, please visit: NPIS.
New Waived Tests
CMS
Medicare Transmittal 947 CR 5083 (PDF).
Publication Date: May 12, 2006
The following are the latest tests approved by the FDA as waived tests under CLIA. The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for the following new tests must have the modifier QW to be recognized as a waived test.
| CPT Code
/ Modifier |
Effective
Date |
Description |
| 86308QW | 01/24/2005 | Icon Mono |
| 81003QW,
82570QW |
09/07/2005 | Bayer Clinitek Status Urine Chemistry Analyzer |
| 83001QW | 01/10/2006 | Biotechnostix, Inc. Rapid Response FSH One Step Menopause Test Device |
| 80101QW | 01/17/2006 | First Check Diagnostics First Check Multi Drug Cup |
| 83036QW | 02/17/2006 | Axis-Shield Afinion AS100 Analyzer |
| 86308QW | 02/22/2006 | RAC Medical Clarity MONO Mononucleosis Rapid Test Device {Whole Blood} |
| 80101QW | 02/22/2006 | First Check Diagnostics First Check 12 Drug Test |
| 80101QW | 02/27/2006 | Biotechnostix Rapid Response Multi-Drug, Multi-Line Screen Test Card with Integrated Cup |
| 80101QW | 03/03/2006 | Biotechnostix Rapid Response One Step Multi-Drug, Multi-Line Screen Test Device |