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CMS 1500 Form

The CMS claim form meets the needs of many health insurance companies. It provides them with the information required to process accurate and timely payments to providers and beneficiaries. Below is a description of the items needed to complete the form for Medicare Part B purposes and payment.

Field Completion Instructions
1
Health Insurance Coverage
(Located on the patient’s card Medicare, Medicaid, Champus, etc.)
1a
Medicare number
(Usually a social security number with a suffix)
2
Patient’s full name
3
Patient’s date of birth and sex
4
Insured’s name (Primary)
5
Patient’s address
6
Patient’s relationship to insured
7
Insured’s address
8
Patient’s relationship to insured
9
Other Insured’s name Medigap
10 a-c
Additional patient information (Patient’s employment, auto accident, other accident-- an MSP indicator)
11
                               Insured’s policy or group number ( Is Medicare Primary or Secondary? Enter none if Medicare is Primary)
11a
Insured’s date of birth and sex
11b
Employer’s Name
11c
Insurance plan name
11d
Is there another health
12
Patient’s Signature
13
Authorization for payment
14
Date of current illness
15
Date of similar illness (not necassary)
16
Dates patient unable to work in current occupation (not necassary)
17
Referring/Ordering Physician’s Name
17a
Unique Physician’s Identifier Number
(Enter if billing a diagnostic radiology service, diagnostic laboratory service, consultation)
18
Hospital Dates of Current Illness (not necassary for Medicare)
19
Reserved for local use (Entering Low Osmolar Contrast Material (dosage amount); Split Care-relinquish datefor global surgery; more than 2 modifiers; routine foot care date last seen of attending
                  physician; Hospice-“Attending physician not a hospice employee”)
20
Outside Lab—Purchased Test
(Diagnostic tests subject to purchase prime limitations. Enter the purchase price under  
            charges if the yes Block is checked. A “yes” indicates that an entity other than the
            entity billing has performed the diagnostic test.)
21
Diagnosis Codes
22
Medicaid Resubmission Code
(not necassary for Medicare)
23
Prior Authorization Number
(CLIA numbers, Mammography certificate number)
24
Date of service
25
Federal Tax Id
26
Patient’s Account
27
Accept Assignment?
28
Total Charge
29
Amount Paid
30
Balance Due
31
Signature of Physician/Supplier
32
Name/Address of Facility where services rendered
33
Physician number, name and address
 
 
 
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