MAC Round II Procurements CMS’s Plans for the A/B Medicare Administrative Contractor Round II Procurements: Important Information for Potential Offerors Concerning - Consolidation of A/B MAC Jurisdictions Management of the A/B MAC Marketplace Responsibilities of the A/B MAC Medical Directors For the full document, download the PDF here: http://www.hfssoft.com/pdfs/MAC-Round2-Special-Notice.pdf   Getting the Class not Registered Message? Some users have received the Class not Registerederror message when starting the HFS software software or when opening a worksheet within the software. If you are receiving this message, follow the link below for instruction on how to resolve the problem: HotFix HF20100309CNR: http://www.hfssoft.net/32/hotfix/pub/hf20100309cnr.html   Pete Harmon HFS Blog Has Moved Pete Harmon’s HFS blog has moved to a new location. The new address is: http://peteharmon.hfssoft.net/   SNF (2540-96) Transmittal 17 CMS recently issued a new Transmittal 17 for the SNF, 2540-96. T.17 is effective for FY End 10/1/2009 and after (i.e. must use T.17, our version 17). W/S S-2 line 20 was revised to REQUIRE an answer, F for a Full report; L for a Low Medicare Utilization report; and N for a No Medicare [...]   HHA Transmittal 14 CMS issued a new Transmittal 14 for the HHA (1728-94 Forms). It is effective for FYE on or after 10/1/2009 (i.e. must use T.14 for these FYE). T.14 implements the RHC/FQHC phase out of the Outpatient Mental Health Limit of 62.5%, over 5 years. W/S RF-3, line 14 calculation will remain 62.5% for services through [...]   Hospital Transmittal 21 Transmittal 21 is effective for FYE on or after 10/1/2009 (i.e. must use T.21 for FYE 10/1/2009 and after), except for the H1N1 Vaccine changes which are effective for services on or after 9/1/2009. T.21 added three new ancillary cost centers, Cardiac Rehab, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and Lithotripsy. These will be available from our “pick [...]   2009 User Meeting Presentations Available Thank you to all who attended our meeting. We had about 240 clients this year. Las Vegas was fun and I think we had a great meeting. The meeting is intended to relay relative information to our clients and go over the use of Health Financial Systems software. We always come back with great suggestions [...]   Final Hospital Transmittal 20 HFS received CMS approval for T.20 on 9/17/2009. See Pete Harmon’s blog for details…   Health Financial Systems User Meeting Deadline Just a reminder…Our User Meeting will be on Thursday October 22, 2009 and Friday October 23, 2009 in Las Vegas. The first day of our meeting will focus on Hospital and Home Health Agency current issues, particularly the new 2552-10 for hospitals. The second day of our meeting will be spent going through the HFS [...]   HFS Draft 2552-10 Comments (#2) On Friday, August 28, 2009 we sent additional HFS comments on the Draft 2552-10 to CMS. These additional comments were the result of having input numbers into the forms. These comments are available in PDF format: MORE HFS DRAFT 2552-10 COMMENTS   For more information, contact Health Financial Systems Customer Support: support@hfssoft.com or 888.216.6041