Novitas Solutions visits Colorado

Friday, March 15, 2013 12:43 PM

Effective November 19, 2012, Novitas Solutions will be the Medicare Administrative Contractor for processing of Medicare Part B claims. The week of October 22nd members of the Novitas Transition Team met with physicians and their staff in Grand Junction, Pueblo, Boulder and Fort Collins. This round of meetings was in addition to their earlier visit to Denver and Colorado Springs in August. All of the meetings were well attended and well received.

The Transition Team provided background information on their company, their transition plan, customer service contacts and some key things for the physicians/practices to do:
Be sure to send Novitas a current electronic funds transfer (EFT) agreement prior to the cutover date of 11/19/12. (Novitas recently announced that they will send an acknowledgement letter to confirm receipt of your EFT agreement, including those that have been received but not yet processed.)
If you use a billing service or clearinghouse to submit your claims, be sure they have tested with Novitas and are ready to begin transmitting claims to the new contractor.
Visit the Novitas transition website here for details and to review the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) policies that will be effective for dates of service beginning 11/19/12.
If you were unable to attend one of the Novitas meetings you can view their presentation here.