Change to the Common Working File (CWF) Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Edits for Ambulance Transports to or from a Diagnostic or Therapeutic Site
This transmittal implements a change to the processing of institutional provider claims for ambulance transports of a beneficiary in a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Part A stay to or from an independent diagnostic testing facility (IDTF) when billed separately as a Part B service to the fiscal intermediary. It also clarifies the current SNF Consolidated Billing rules for ambulance transports to or from a diagnostic or therapeutic site other than a hospital or renal dialysis facility.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: October 29, 2004
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