The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it will continue accepting the old CMS-1500 claim forms past the April 1 deadline because of formatting errors in some of the new forms being distributed by the Government Printing Office and others. The form was recently updated to accommodate the mandated National Provider Identifiers (NPIs).

Medicare contractors have been instructed to continue accepting the old form until future notice. The current target date is June 1.

Physicians should be aware that claims submitted on improperly formatted forms will be returned.

To find out if your forms are formatted properly, click here.

Contact: CMA’s reimbursement help line, 888/401-5911.