Until October 2003, CMS (formerly HCFA) issued Program Memoranda to communicate reminder items, requests for action or information of a one-time non-recurring nature. Program Memoranda for the years 2000-2003 are available at this location.
AB-03-065 | Scheduled Release for July Updates to Software Programs and Pricing/Coding Files | 2744 | See PM |
AB-03-063 | New Common Working File (CWF) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Edit to Reject MSP Records for Medicare Beneficiaries Who Are Only Entitled to Medicare Part B, and Are Covered by a Group Health Plan (GHP) | 1922 | See PM |
AB-03-017 | Scheduled Release for April Updates to Software Programs and Pricing/Coding Files | 2572 | See PM |
AB-03-022 | Use of the American Medical Association's (AMA's) Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition (CPT) Codes on Contractors' Web Sites | 2583 | See PM |
B-03-039 | Common Working File (CWF) Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Bypass to Allow Separate Payment for Drugs | 2707 | See PM |
B-03-035 | Continuation of April and July 2003 Change Requests (CRs 2427 and 2527): Process all Medicare Part B Provider Enrollments in the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS). Create Import/Export Functionality Between the VIPS Medicare System (VMS) and PECOS | 2645 | See PM |
B-03-034 | Continuation of April and July 2003 Change Requests (CRs 2426 and 2526): Process all Medicare Part B Provider Enrollments in the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS). Modify the Medicare Claims System (MCS) to Incorporate all Claim Payment and Provider Correspondence Functionality that is Included in the Provider Enrollment System (PES) but will not be a part of PECOS | 2644 | See PM |
B-03-033 | Continuation of April and July 2003 Change Requests (CRs 2425 and 2525): Create Import/Export Functionality Between the Medicare Claims System (MCS) and the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS) | 2643 | See PM |
A-03-043 | Changes to Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Nursing and Allied Health Education Payment Policies | 2692 | See PM |
A-03-040 | Clarification of Bill Types 22x and 23x Submitted by Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) | 2674 | See PM |