Volunteer
for ICD-10 End-to-End Testing in April
— Deadline Extended to January 21
During the week
of April 26 through May 1, 2015, a
second sample group of providers will
have the opportunity to participate
in ICD-10 end-to-end testing with
Medicare Administrative Contractors
(MACs) and the Common Electronic Data
Interchange (CEDI) contractor. The
goal of end-to-end testing is to demonstrate
that:
•
Providers
and submitters are able to successfully
submit claims containing ICD-10 codes
to the Medicare Fee-For- Service (FFS)
claims systems
•
lefts
for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS) software changes made to support
ICD-10 result in appropriately adjudicated
claims
•
Accurate
remittance advices are produced
Approximately
850 volunteer submitters will be selected
to participate in the April end-to-end
testing. This nationwide sample will
yield meaningful results, since CMS
intends to select volunteers representing
a broad cross-section of provider,
claim, and submitter types, including
claims clearinghouses that submit
claims for large numbers of providers.
Note: testers who are participating
in the January testing are able to
test again in April and July without
re-applying.
To volunteer as a
testing submitter:
•
Volunteer
forms are available on your MAC
website.
•
CMS
will review applications and select
the group of testing submitters.
•
By
February 13, the MACs and CEDI will
notify the volunteers selected to
test and provide them with the information
needed for the testing.
If
selected, testers must be able to:
•
Submit
future-dated claims.
•
Provide
valid National Provider Identifiers
(NPIs), Provider Transaction Access
Numbers (PTANs), and beneficiary Health
Insurance Claim Numbers (HICNs) that
will be used for test claims. This
information will be needed by your
MAC by February 20, 2015, for set-up
purposes; testers will be dropped
if information is not provided by
the deadline.
An additional
opportunity for end-to-end testing
will be available during the week
of July 20 through 24, 2015. Any issues
identified during testing will be
addressed prior to ICD-10 implementation.
Educational materials will be developed
for providers and submitters based
on the testing results.
For more information:
•
MLN
Matters® Special Edition Article #SE1409, “Medicare
FFS ICD-10 Testing Approach”
•
MLN
Matters® Special Edition Article #SE1435, “FAQs –
ICD-10 End-to-End Testing”
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