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Pub 100-04 Medicare Claims Processing: Systematic Validation of Payment Group Codes for Prospective Payment Systems (PPS) Based on Patient Assessments

Guidance that rescinds Transmittal 2458 , dated April 27, 2012, and replaces it with Transmittal 2495, dated July 18, 2012 to revise implementation dates. Implementation dates are October 1, 2012, for all business requirements except 7760.9.4. Business requirement 7760.9.4, for conforming changes to FISS to transmit the correct HIPPS code to CWF, will be implemented January 1, 2013. Additionally, the record layout in Attachment C is revised to correct the number of filler positions at the end of the record. All other information remains the same.

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: April 27, 2012

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