Medicare program; standard claim forms for Part B claims completed and submitted by physicians, suppliers and other persons--HCFA. General notice with comment period.

This notice announces that effective April 1, 1992, Medicare carriers will no longer accept nonstandard claims. These are claims accompanied by attachments, in lieu of the biller entering required information in designated blocks of prescribed claims forms. This change is intended to eliminate costly and inefficient claims processing practices for Medicare carriers.