Important Information on the New Medicare Law – The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Revised 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Part A Claim’s Education Corner

Part A Production Issues Alerts

Your Medicare Payments Could Be Reduced If the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Needs to Collect Overdue Taxes That You Owe Reference: CMS List-Serv Message 082108

Availability of an Interim Study of Alternative Payment Localities under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Reference: CMS List-Serv Message 082008

Lower Medicare Part D Costs Than Expected in 2009 Reference: CMS List-Serv Message 081808

ICD-9 for Anti-Cancer Drugs Update: August 2008 Reference: AR- SEM 082008

Sacral Nerve Stimulation Reference: AR – LSB 082208

Part B Draft Local Coverage Determination Update

Pinnacle Business Solutions, Inc. Holiday

Information for Eligible Professionals Who Participated in the 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Reference: CMS List-Serv Message 082608

Your Medicare Payments Could Be Reduced If the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Needs to Collect Overdue Taxes That You Owe Reference: CMS List-Serv Message 082108

Availability of an Interim Study of Alternative Payment Localities under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Reference: CMS List-Serv Message 082008

Go Electronic Brochure

PC-ACE Pro 32 Update

Updated HIPAA Compliant Vendors List

Quarterly Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) Printing Cycle: This article is based on Change Request (CR) 5062, which instructs Medicare contractors (carriers, DMERCs, FIs, and RHHIs) to print and mail No-Pay Medicare Summary Notices (MSNs) on a quarterly schedule (rather than the current monthly schedule).

Beneficiary Correspondence Processing is Changing As of March 13, 2006, the processing of all new Rhode Island Medicare Correspondence for beneficiaries will be handled by the staff in another Pinnacle Medicare Services office. We have consolidated all beneficiary correspondence in one location.

Skilled Nursing Facility Coverage and Your Rights