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Attention direct BCBSM EDI Submitters!

Hey Guys! For those of you that use BCBSM EDI to submit claims to as one of your clearinghouses or EDI Hosts, you may have seen alerts from them that their FTP protocols are changing.  This message is to inform you that WE ARE ON IT!...

Improving Patient Communications

"Patients will behave in the way a Provider has trained them to behave."    In the penultimate workshop of the Improving Patient Collections series with The Allegiance Group, COO & Presenter Anne Orrick made a statement...

Bid break!

Just in case you haven't seen this from your provider portals or listservs, CMS has officially decided to pause the Competitive Bidding round for 2021 in most product categories.  One aspect for the decision driven of course by the...

ABN Updates effective 8/31/2020

Hey HDMS Nation!   The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has officially approved the renewal of Medicare’s Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN) form and instructions.  Both the English and Spanish versions of this form have...

Looking for the HDMS User Manual?

The HDMS Manual is now WIKI.   The information is organized with the same structure of the menus in HDMS.   Just select the menu option, then the subcategory to get more information.     You can still...

Head spinning from Medicare Listservs?

Don't worry, Jillian has your back! The NCDs and LCDs for which clinical indications have been suspended now include: Positive Airway Pressure Devices for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (L33718);  (the NCD 240.4 for...