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AHCCCS Encounter Keys - 2004

The Encounter Keys news letter is published bi-monthly by the AHCCCS Encounter Operations Unit. In each issue you will find information pertaining to their policies and procedures as well as other items of general interest to the provider community, health plans, program contractors, and other interested parties.

Issue Date Contents

November/December 2004
  • Third Party Liability
  • Dilemmas
  • System Updates

    Provider Type
    Limit Change
    AHCCCS New E-mail Addresses
    Updated 837 Companion Document on the Web
    Modifier
    November Cycle Interruption
    Coverage Code Change
    New Edits
    Place of Service (POS)
    Category of Service (COS)
    Draft Reports
    Limit Change
    Change in Coding for Risperidone


September/October 2004
  • System Updates
    - Rate Changes
    - Draft Reports
    - Place of Service 23
    - Modifier Updates
    - Provider Type Updates
    - Coverage Code Revision
    - Edit Update
  • Dilemmas

July/August 2004
  • Updates
  • Propriety Pend File Layout
  • Dilemmas
  • System Issues
  • Proposed New Reports & Files

May/June 2004

  • Third Party Liability Edits
  • Outpatient Hospital Adjustment
  • Hospice Rate Table
  • Dilemmas
  • System Updates

March/April 2004

  • Physician Fee Schedule Update
  • Pended Encounters
  • Dilemmas
  • System Updates

January/February 2004

  • Update on FOSS Nursing Facility Rates
  • Alternative Pharmacy Screen
  • System Updates
  • Dilemmas
  • Encounter File Processing Schedule

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