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Bill Instructions: CMS-1500 (HCFA)

Last update
May 29, 2019

The CMS-1500 (HCFA) Form is used by healthcare providers and professionals to file original workers' compensation medical bills in Maryland.

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CMS-1500 (HCFA)

Applicable Services

Filling out the Form

Instructions

Reporting Requirements

Forms & Attachments

CMS-1500 (HCFA) Services

The following table provides a link to the Maryland regulations which require non-institutional providers to use the CMS-1500 (HCFA) for billing purposes.

Service

Regulation

Physician Services

Subtitle 09 Workers' Compensation Commission 14.09.08 Guide of Medical and Surgical Fees Authority: Labor and Employment Article, §§9-309, 9-663 and 9-731, Annotated Code of Maryland Effective 3/15/2014 (B)(q)(5)

Laboratory / Pathology

DME

CMS-1500 Form Instructions

The state of Maryland requires providers to compliantly complete the CMS-1500 Form to include the following:

  1. An itemized list of each service;
  2. The diagnosis relative to each service;
  3. The medical records related to the service being billed;
  4. The appropriate CPT/HCPCS code with CPT modifiers, if any, for each service;
  5. The date of each service;
  6. The specific fee charged for each service;
  7. The tax ID number of the provider;
  8. The professional license number of the provider; and
  9. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) of the provider.

To make things easier for you, DaisyBill created this NUCC CMS-1500 Instructions Table showing the requirements of the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC), the entity which created and maintains the form. All Maryland-specific requirements are met if the standard NUCC requirements are followed.

For additional information, review the complete NUCC Manual:
1500 Health Insurance Claim Form Reference Instruction Manual for Form Version 02/12

CMS-1500 Required Documentation

For a complete bill, Arizona requires the provider to submit the following supporting documentation with the CMS-1500 Form, when applicable.

CMS-1500 Medical Bill

Required Documents

Treatment

Progress, clinical, or office notes that reflect:

(a) Subjective patient complaints;

(b) Objective findings of the provider;

(c) Assessment of the presenting problem;

(d) Any plan or plans of care or recommendations for treatment; and

(e) Updated assessments of patient's medical status and response to therapy;

Surgery

Operative Report

Radiology

Radiology Report if billing for Professional Component

Laboratory

Test Results Report

Diagnostic Testing

Test Results Report

For additional information related to reporting please refer to DaisyBill’s Maryland Billing Guide.

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