Medicare Providers: Their Vendors, Clearinghouses, or Other Third-Party Billers and the HIPAA/Medicare Contingency Plan

April 2004 Medicare Providers: Their Vendors, Clearinghouses, or Other Third-Party Billers and the HIPAA/Medicare Contingency Plan The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a modification of the HIPAA contingency plan implemented by Medicare on October 16, 2003. Specifically, CMS announced on February 27, 2004, that Medicare would continue to accept claims electronically in a pre-HIPAA format on or after July 1, 2004, but such claims would not be eligible for Medicare payment until the 27th day after receipt, at the earliest. All electronic claims today are eligible for payment at 14 days after receipt. This . . .