January 2007

Timely Filing of Requests for Payment

This article provides information on filing a timely Medicare request for payment (claim). If you provided services between October 1, 2005 and September 30, 2006, your claim must be filed no later than December 31, 2007. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) instructions for submitting timely claims to Medicare are contained in the CMS Internet Only Manual (IOM), Medicare Claims Processing Manual, (pub. 100-04) Chapter 1, Sections 70 and 70.1.

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