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The CMS 1500 Claim Form has been Revised for Effective Date of Use on January 6, 2014 (tentative). The form will say 02/12 in the lower right, replacing the current 08/05 version.

The National Uniform Claims Committee (NUCC) has approved a transition timeline for the version 02/12 1500 Health Insurance Claim Form (1500 Claim Form). In June, the NUCC announced the approval of the updated 1500 Claim Form that accommodates reporting needs for ICD-10 and aligns with requirements in the Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12) Health Care Claim: Professional (837P) Version 5010 Technical Report Type 3.

The NUCC approved the following transition timeline at its in-person meeting in Chicago on August 1, 2013.

January 6, 2014: Payers begin receiving and processing paper claims submitted on the revised 1500 Claim Form (version 02/12).
January 6 through March 31, 2014: Dual use period during which payers continue to receive and process paper claims submitted on the old 1500 Claim Form (version 08/05).
April 1, 2014: Payers receive and process paper claims submitted only on the revised 1500 Claim Form (version 02/12).

This timeline aligns with Medicare's transition timeline.

We now have software for the revised form available . We also have the new forms available.

We are offering many of our customers the new software and forms at a significant discount as well as some fantastic 'bundles' of software, forms and our Insurance Tracker and/or Family Health Care Tracker Software.

We strongly recommend that providers contact their health plans prior to submitting a claim on the revised (02/12) 1500 Claim Form to ensure that they are prepared to accept the revised form.

The CMS 1500 claim form is the required format for submitting claims to Medicare on paper.

Features of the Revised Form

• The revised form, among other changes, notably adds the following functionality:
  · Indicators for differentiating between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes.
  · Expansion of the number of possible diagnosis codes to 12.
  · Qualifiers to identify the following provider roles (on item 17):
  - Ordering
  - Referring
  - Supervising
  Tentative Timeline for Implementing the Revised Form for Medicare Claims
• Medicare anticipates implementing the revised CMS 1500 claim form (version 02/12) as follows:
  - January 6, 2014: Medicare begins receiving and processing paper claims submitted on the revised CMS 1500 claim form (version 02/12).
  - January 6 through March 31, 2014: Dual use period during which Medicare continues to receive and process paper claims submitted on the old CMS 1500 claim form (version 08/05).
  - April 1, 2014: Medicare receives and processes paper claims submitted only on the revised CMS 1500 claim form (version 02/12).

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