Updated 05/2012

Updated November 2011

Updated November 2011

Updated November 2011

Updated January 25, 2011

Excisional vs. Non-Excisional; What a difference a word can make! 

New December 2010

CMS Will Not Enforce Supervision Requirements for Outpatient Therapeutic Services in Critical Access and Small Rural Hospitals for CY 2010-2011.  New November 2, 2010

ICD-9 code sets, used in the U.S. since 1979 to codify diseases across all health-care settings as well as inpatient procedures, will be replaced with a new ICD-10 coding system on October 1, 2013.

July 2010

On Monday, March 3, 2008, CMS implemented use of the revised Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) (CMS-R-131). This form replaces the General Use ABN and the Lab ABN for physician-ordered laboratory tests.

December 2008