Instructions on How Contractors Must Process Medicare Secondary Payer Claims When Negative Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC) Amounts are Received in the Claim Adjustment Segment (CAS) for Certain MSP Claims that are Suspended
The CR instructs contractors not to add the CAS amounts to the paid amount in situations where the adjustment is a negative amount.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: November 23, 2009
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