9-digit ZIP Codes for Medicare Claims

We've had a couple customers call us regarding some changes that Medicare has made regarding billing. I just wanted to post how the Qualified Address solutions can help providers with this billing change.

In the past, Medicare assigned the payment locality for services performed by looking up the county using a 5-digit ZIP Code. Unfortunately, quite a few ZIP Codes cross county lines. Medicare was running into problems with assigning the right county to an address using only the 5-digit ZIP Code and, starting October 1, 2007, has begun to require that some physicians and providers use a nine-digit ZIP Code when filing their claims.

Qualified Address has a few solutions that can help physicians with this problem.

First, we have a data cleansing service that will add the +4 Code to any valid address. This solution costs as little as $29.95. For more information, please visit QualifiedAddress.com. This will update all the addresses currently in your database with the +4 Code.

Second, we have a Address Validation API that can be used to add +4 Codes to addresses as they are entered into your database. This solution costs as little as $19.95/month. For more information, please visit the Address Verification API page at QualifiedAddress.com.

Please contact our sales department if you have any questions on these solutions - 1 (877) 216-8883 ext 701.