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ListServ Messages 03/21/2008

RGBA Webinars

The following Webinars are available on the RGBA Website for registration.  Please review and register at:

http://www.rgbagov.com/Education/Schedule-Events/Workshop-Registration/event.do as soon as possible. 

The registration access will be removed from the Website as soon as the Webinar capacity is reached.  If you register for a Webinar and later find that you are unable to attend, please submit a notice to RGBA at: http://www.rgbagov.com/Education/Training/training.do.  This link is located on the RGBA Website under the Education, then the Training Request option.  When submitting, please indicate in the “Other” field; “Unable to attend scheduled Webinar of 01/01/08 (Date and subject of Webinar).  This will enable RGBA to fulfill additional requests to enroll in Webinars that may already be full.  

Medicare Secondary Payer 2008-04-08

Medicare Beneficiary Notice Initiative 2008-03-26

Direct Data Entry and HIQA 2008-04-16

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

The goal of this national health observance is to increase awareness that colorectal cancer is largely preventable, treatable and beatable. In conjunction with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) remind health care professionals that Medicare provides coverage for certain colorectal cancer screenings. Colorectal cancer affects both men and women of all racial and ethnic groups, and is most often found in people aged 50 years or older. And the risk for developing colorectal cancer increases with age.

Medicare Covered Colorectal Cancer Screenings

Medicare provides coverage of colorectal cancer screenings for the early detection of colorectal cancer. All Medicare beneficiaries age 50 and older are covered; however, when an individual is at high risk, there is no minimum age required to receive a screening colonoscopy or a barium enema rendered in place of the screening colonoscopy. An individual is considered to be at high risk for colorectal cancer if he or she has had colorectal cancer before or has a history of polyps, has a family member who has had colorectal cancer or a history of polyps, or has a personal history of inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colititis.

Medicare provides coverage for the following colorectal cancer screeningssubject to certain coverage, frequency, and payment limitations:

• Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT)
• Colonoscopy
• Sigmoidoscopy
• Barium Enema (as an alternative to a covered screening flexible sigmoidoscopy or screening colonoscopy