2009 Medicare Updates/Insurance News

• Update on 2010 Fee Schedule - From Dr. Mark Block, Insurance Chairman, FPMA (12/30/09)
• 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Information - From Dr. Mark Block, Insurance Chairman, FPMA (12/28/09)
• Medicare Part B Remittance Files Experiencing a Delay in Processing (Update) - From Dr. Mark Block, Insurance Chairman, FPMA (12/2/09)
• Extension of the 2010 Annual Participation Enrollment Program - From First Coast Service Options, Inc. (11/24/09)
• Delay in Implementing Phase 2 of Change Requests (CRs) 6417 and 6421 - From Dr. Mark Block, Insurance Chairman, FPMA (11/24/09)
• Information Regarding PECOS - From Dr. Mark Block, Insurance Chairman, FPMA (11/12/09)
• Red Flags Rule Implementation Date Delayed Until June 1, 2010 - Click here for more information (11/4/09)
• Medicare Claims Checking: A Heads Up - From APMA Daily eNews (9/30/09)
• Did you recently receive a letter in reference to Accreditation? - From Dr. Mark Block, Insurance Chairman, FPMA (9/4/09)
• Red Flags Rule Implementation Date Delayed - From APMA Daily eNews (7/29/09)
• FTC Red Flags Rule Update - From APMA Daily eNews (7/13/09)
• CMS Announces RAC Phase-in Strategy by Review Type - From APMA Daily eNews (7/7/09)
• 2009 Legislative/Insurance Report - From Dr. Mark Block, Insurance Chair, FPMA (6/13/09)
• Medicare Update: Payment for 20550/20551 - From Dr. Mark Block, Insurance Chair, FPMA (3/25/09)
• Update About BC/BS Contract - From Dr. Mark Block, Insurance Chair, FPMA (3/11/09)
• Clarification About BC/BS Contract - From Dr. Mark Block, Insurance Chair, FPMA (3/11/09)
• Information About New BC/BS Contract - From Dr. Mark Block, Insurance Chair, FPMA (3/10/09)
• Medicare Update - From Dr. Stephen Meritt, Medicare Liaison (1/30/09)
  
  For your information, the new codes (64632 and 64455) for injection of Morton's neuromas are not yet open for podiatrists to use. I have contacted Medicare's Policy Committee to request that they be opened. It may take 60 days to get it done. Until then, the old codes are valid.
• Dr. Stephen Meritt's lecture from SAM '09: Medicare Update 2009 (PowerPoint Document - large file - will take a few minutes to download)