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Answers to the most commonly
asked questions related to rates for wheelchairs & accessories |
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4/1/2008 - The April 1, 2008 Rate Updates are available for download.
12/11/07 - The January 1, 2008 Rate Updates will be available for
download this week.
3/21/07 - The April 1, 2007 fee schedule updates will be available for
download next week. In April we update the Wheelchair and
Accessories, and Other DME fee schedules.
1/4/07 -
CMS plans to kick off
competitive bidding in 10 cities in 2007. A meeting with approved
accreditors at CMS was held and a list of 19 cities, 10 of which will be
the first round of contracting, was handed out and although was to be
secret, was leaked out. Seattle is in the list of 19 cities and
could be in the first round of contracting.
The 19 cities are: Miami, Charlotte, N.C.; Dallas; Riverside, Calif.;
Pittsburg; Kansas City, Mo., and Kan.; Cincinnati; San Juan; Cleveland;
San Francisco; Atlanta; Houston; Detroit; Seattle; Baltimore;
Philadelphia; Phoenix; Boston; and Tampa.
The list includes two cities that were left out of a previously released
list of 25 potential cities: Seattle and Phoenix.
1/1/07 - Code updates will be effective
10/19/06 - The CareFair Power Point presentation from 10/18/06.
Download it
by right clicking here.
7/1/06 - There was a rate increase
03/08/06-
CMS has made changes to some billing codes and rates for this program.
HRSA has updated our fee schedule to match the fees of CMS.
Revisions will be effective for dates of service on and after April 1,
2006.
12/22/05- CMS has made changes to the billing codes for this program.
HRSA is updating our fee schedule to match the codes of CMS.
Revisions will be effective for dates of service on and after January 1,
2006. Changes may include additions, deletions and changes of
descriptions. Depending on the changes there may also be changes
to some rates and policy.
4/1/05
- The new April 1, 2005 fee schedule became effective
2/10/05 - The new fee schedule is expected to be posted by March 18.
1/12/05 - This fee schedule will be updated next on April 1, 2005.
1/1/05 - MAA published the new fee schedule with updated HCPCS according
to those that CMS deleted and added. MAA received the updates on
10/28/04 and immediately started the update process. CMS did not
make the rates available until December 29. CMS no longer allows
any grace period to use the deleted codes.
4/1/04 -
The reimbursement rates for
wheelchairs and wheelchair accessories were recalculated and went into
effect for dates of service on and after April 1, 2004.
4/1/04
- The HCPCS codes were revised to reflect the deleted, replaced and new
codes as defined by CMS.
10/15/03
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Fixed 3 errors due to
formatting. Codes E0325 and E0326 have "Included in the nursing
facility daily rate" in their descriptions. Code E0202 has an "RR"
modifier in the modifier column.
10/21/03
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Fixed an error in the formatting of the
percentages found in the maximum allowable column in the Wheelchair Fee
Schedule. Removed the decimal point. |
