Medicare Flashcards
CMS
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CMS- 1500
Paper Standard form and Ambulance form (Part B)
X12N 837P
Electronic form of CMS-1500
ASCA
Administrative Simplification Compliance Act (mandate e-filing)
Form 1490S
Beneficiary form
RA
Remittance Advice (for unprocessed claims)
Unprocessed claims
no initial determination- refile can not appeal
RARC
Remittance Advice Remark Codes
CARC
Claim Adjustment Reason Code
Filing period
Jan-Sept file before Dec 31 of NEXT year (2015)
Oct-Dec file before Dec 31 of FOLLOWING year (2016)
Penalties-late filing
Assigned claims- 10%
Unassigned claims- $2000
OBRA
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act- req all assigned and unassigned claims get filed
SOF
Signature on File
MSP
Medicare Secondary Payer
Medicare 1° to
TRICARE and MEDICAID
COBA
Coordination of Benefits Agreement
COBC
Coordination of Benefits Contractor
N-key identifier
Assigned by Medicare contractor for crossover claims
Crossover
the 2° payer must have signed a COBA with a COBC in order to obtain crossover claim filing
NPI
National Provider Identifier
UPIN
Unique Provider Identification Number
Limiting Charge
Up to 15% that a non-participating provider may charge beneficiary (dx, test, drugs, op services supplies)
ICD-9-CM
International Classification of Diseases-9th Revision Clinical Modification
GHP
Group Health Plan
MCR
Medicare Contracting Reform
MMA
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003