Insurance News

08/31/2012: New York Medicaid New York Medicaid to require Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) for Provider Payments and Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) or PDF Version of Paper Remittances effective September, 2012. For additional information visit:https://www.emedny.org/Medicaid_Require_EFT_Notice_4-2-2012.pdf.

06/29/2012: Emdeon – ANSI 5010 Conversion

All Electronic Institutional Billing Programs – With ANSI 5010 all institutional claims billed electronically must contain a Patient Status code.

02/21/2012: Independent Health – NYIHLTH_P5 – If your office is on Practice Manager version 4.2 and are receiving the following rejection on your Independent Health Claims Validation Error Report, click the following link for instructions on downloading an updated billing program: Downloading Billing Programs. 

02/21/2012: MVP Health Care – NYMVP_P5 – If your office is on Practice Manager version 4.2 and are receiving the following rejection on your Rejection Report, click the following link for instructions on downloading an updated billing program:

The ANSI 5010 discretionary period deadline is approaching! ALL insurances participating in this discretionary period must be transitioned to ANSI 5010 on or before March 31, 2012. If you have not already done so, you should begin the transition process as soon as possible.

01/23/2012: Medicare Billers – If you are receiving the following error on your 999 Functional Acknowledgement Report, click the following link

01/05/2012: Empire BCBS – MedXpress Users must change their Submitter ID for ANSI 5010. All MedXpress users who bill Empire BCBS must change their Submitter ID for ANSI 5010.