MM7517 – 2012 Annual Health Professional Shortage Area Bonus Payments

Effective: January 1, 2012  Implementation: January 3, 2012
Change Request (CR) 7517 alerts providers that CMS will provide the annual Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) bonus payment file for 2012. This file will be used for HPSA bonus payments on applicable claims with dates of service on or after January 1 – December 31, 2012.
The annual HPSA files will be posted on the CMS HPSA Web page on or about December 1, 2011. Physicians and other providers should review these files each year to determine whether they need to add the AQ modifier to their claim to receive the bonus payment or to see if the ZIP code area in which they rendered services will automatically receive the HPSA bonus payment.

MM7517, titled 2012 Annual Update for the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Bonus Payments , is available on the CMS MLN Matters® Web page.
Providers may reference CR 7517 , Transmittal 2274, dated August 12, 2011.
TrailBlazer Instructions
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View the Part B Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Bonus Payments job aid for billing instructions.