New Deadline for Required Submission of the Form CMS-1500 (08-05)

Physicians and suppliers who qualify for an exemption from the mandatory electronic claims submission requirements, and who submit Medicare claims to carriers, Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), and durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs) using the paper claim Form CMS-1500. CR 5616, from which this article is taken announces that, beginning July 2, 2007, you must use the Form CMS-1500, version (08-05) for paper claims submission to Medicare. Claims received on or after July 2, 2007 using Form CMS-1500, version (12-90) will be rejected. Be sure that your billing staffs use Form CMS-1500 (08-05) for your claims, beginning July 2, 2007. More information about the official instruction on this issue is available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Transmittals/downloads/R1247CP.pdf.