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01/31/2012
January Eye of Ohio Newsletter
Education News
Coding Meeting Early Bird Deadline Approaching, Still Taking Registrations for the Annual Meeting
If you or your technicians have not yet registered for the 2012 OOS Annual Meeting, limited space is still available. We already have over 100 physicians and 300 technicians registered to attend. Come join your colleagues for a full day of clinical and practice management topics.
Additionally, you have two weeks left to register at the early-bird rate for the 2012 Joy Newby Coding Seminars to be held during March at four different locations across Ohio. Space is limited at each location, so be sure to reserve your place before the meeting sells out. See the links below for meeting brochures or to register online.
Feb. 11 – OOS Annual Meeting – Click Here To Register
March 6-14 – Joy Newby Coding and Billing Seminars – Click Here To Register
If you have any questions about either program, call the OOS office at (614) 527-6799 or email us.
Legislative/Regulatory News
Ohio Congressman Steve Stivers, Co-Sponsors the Academy-backed H.R. 3216, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Ophthalmologic Service Establishment Act
After meeting with several local ophthalmologists, Congressman Steve Stivers officially signed on as a co-sponsor to H.R. 3216, the VHA Ophthalmologic Service Establishment Act, which establishes a full-time national ophthalmology program director in the VA. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has communicated to Congress that it is working to establish a full-time ophthalmology director. However, it appears the process is going to take at least nine months so the American Academy of Ophthalmology will continue to work with individual representatives to gain their support for this very important initiative.
The Academy and the OOS will continue to work with other members of the Ohio Congressional delegation to gain their support. If you have questions about H.R. 3216 or any other federal or state legislative or regulatory issue, please contact OOS executive director, Todd Baker, at (614) 527-6799 or via email.
Reimbursement News
Be Sure To Update Your Records with New CGS Addresses
We have been informed by CGS, Ohio’s Medicare Part B Provider, that many providers are still using old mailing addresses. Please be sure you are using the updated addresses effective Dec. 5, 2011, or you may have mail returned to sender or delayed claims. See the information below from CGS.
CGS Statement
Effective December 5, 2011, CGS consolidated mailroom locations to coincide with the final transition of J15 segments. Please use the NEW mailing post office boxes listed below. The Chattanooga, Tenn. addresses are no longer valid and in the future, mail sent to those locations may be returned to the sender. Also, please closely check that you are using the correct address for each inquiry type. When mail is sent to the wrong address for the inquiry type, it results in a delay in processing that inquiry/claim.
J15 Part B Claims/Adjustments
J15 Part B Claims
CGS Administrators, LLC
PO Box 20019
Nashville, TN 37202
J15 Part B Provider Enrollment Correspondence
J15 Part B Provider Enrollment
CGS Administrators, LLC
PO Box 20017
Nashville, TN 37202
J15 Part B Correspondence
J15 Part B Correspondence
CGS Administrators, LLC
PO Box 20018
Nashville, TN 37202
Membership News
New Board Member from District Five
The OOS Board is excited to welcome Joseph Coney, MD, as its newest member. Dr. Coney will be representing the ophthalmologists in District Five (Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga and Lake Counties). Dr. Coney currently practices at Retina Associates of Cleveland. He replaces Bernard Perla, MD, as the District Five Councilor. Click here for a complete list of the current OOS Board Members.
