CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 22, § 40.5

and Suppliers

(Rev. 3288, Issued: 07-02-15, Effective: 08-03-15, Implementation: 08-03-15)

The CMS has developed software that gives professional providers/suppliers a tool to

view and print an ERA in a human readable format. This software is called Medicare

Remit Easy Print (MREP). It has been developed in response to comments that CMS has

received from the provider/supplier community demonstrating a need for paper

documents to reconcile accounts, and facilitate claim submission to secondary/tertiary

payers. This software became available on October 11, 2005 to the providers through

their respective A/B MACs and CEDI. The software is scheduled to be updated three

times a year to accommodate the Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC) and

Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC) tri-annual updates, and any applicable

enhancements. In addition to these three regular updates, there is also an annual

enhancement update, if needed.

The MREP software enables providers to:

• View and print remittance information on all claims included in the ASC X12

835;

• View and print remittance information for a single claim;

• View and print a summary page; and

• View, print, and export special reports.

This software can be downloaded free of cost, but A/B MACs and CEDI may charge up

to $25 per mailing to recoup costs if the software is sent to providers on a CD/DVD or

any other means at the provider’s request when the software is available for downloading.

MREP software has been updated to accommodate ASC X12 835 version 5010.

The software will also print the CAQH CORE defined business scenarios along with the

texts for Claim Adjustment Reason and Remittance Advice Remark Codes reported on

the 835 to explain any adjustment.