M'Care Codes URL
John Brinkmann, CPO, FAAOP
Description
Collection
Title:
M'Care Codes URL
Creator:
John Brinkmann, CPO, FAAOP
Date:
7/25/2001
Text:
List Members: Here is the source for info regarding M'care
reimbursement. Thanks to all who responded.
John T. Brinkmann, CPO
The new fee schedule can be found on the Medicare website at
www.hcfa.gov.
Go into the Plans and Providers section, then click on browse public
use
files. Once in this list, scroll down to the non-institutional
providers
and look for the DMEPOS fee schedule. The actual increase is equal to
5.3%
over the January 1 to June 31 allowables.
Kathy Dodson
Senior Director of Government Affairs
AOPA
<URL Redacted>
This response explains the procedure:
The best way to get this that I found (and I spent some time looking...)
was
at this site: <URL Redacted>
Look under the heading:
Payment Rates -- Non-Institutional Providers
Choose the second zip file: d01July_c.zip - 1.6MB -- 14MB after
decompression -- Revised June 1, 2001 as effective from 7/1/2001 thru
12/31/2001 -- Requires UNZIP software
If you have a recent version of Windows, the unzip software shouldn't be
of
any concern. This file is an Excel file. After downloading it, I
deleted
all the other states and any other columns I didn't need and was able to
manipulate the list to what I needed.
<URL Redacted>
reimbursement. Thanks to all who responded.
John T. Brinkmann, CPO
The new fee schedule can be found on the Medicare website at
www.hcfa.gov.
Go into the Plans and Providers section, then click on browse public
use
files. Once in this list, scroll down to the non-institutional
providers
and look for the DMEPOS fee schedule. The actual increase is equal to
5.3%
over the January 1 to June 31 allowables.
Kathy Dodson
Senior Director of Government Affairs
AOPA
<URL Redacted>
This response explains the procedure:
The best way to get this that I found (and I spent some time looking...)
was
at this site: <URL Redacted>
Look under the heading:
Payment Rates -- Non-Institutional Providers
Choose the second zip file: d01July_c.zip - 1.6MB -- 14MB after
decompression -- Revised June 1, 2001 as effective from 7/1/2001 thru
12/31/2001 -- Requires UNZIP software
If you have a recent version of Windows, the unzip software shouldn't be
of
any concern. This file is an Excel file. After downloading it, I
deleted
all the other states and any other columns I didn't need and was able to
manipulate the list to what I needed.
<URL Redacted>
Citation
John Brinkmann, CPO, FAAOP, “M'Care Codes URL,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/216934.
