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Posting Date: Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Frequently Asked Questions Reviewed and Updated

Frequently Asked Questions Reviewed and Updated We’ve reviewed and updated our educational FAQs. Visit our Help and FAQs page located within the Education section of our website. Topics available are:...

Posting Date: Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Frequently Asked Questions Reviewed and Updated

Frequently Asked Questions Reviewed and Updated We’ve reviewed and updated our educational FAQs. Visit our Help and FAQs page located within the Education section of our website. Topics available are:...

Posting Date: Fri Jul 14 00:00:00 GMT 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: PFS & OPPS/ASC Proposed Payment Rules – July 13, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: PFS & OPPS/ASC Proposed Payment Rules – July 13, 2023 Proposed Rules CMS Physician Payment Rule Advances Health Equity CMS Proposes Policies to Expand Behavioral Health Acces...

Posting Date: Thu Jul 13 00:00:00 GMT 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: July 13, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: July 13, 2023 News Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Remedy for the 340B-Acquired Drug Payment Policy for Calendar Years 2018-2022 National Coverage Determinati...

Posting Date: Wed Jul 12 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Submitting Necessary/Appropriate Documentation

Submitting Necessary/Appropriate Documentation National Government Services has noticed an increase in the submission of improper documentation. We’ve added two new sections to our Submit Medical Reco...

Posting Date: Tue Jul 11 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Take Advantage of Tobacco Counseling when Performing Medicare Wellness Visits

Take Advantage of Tobacco Counseling when Performing Medicare Wellness Visits Medicare providers can optimize revenue and improve patient outcomes with Medicare's Annual Wellness Visits. These visits ...

Posting Date: Tue Jul 11 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Overcoming Barriers to Tobacco Counseling

Overcoming Barriers to Tobacco Counseling Healthcare providers face several challenges when implementing tobacco cessation counseling into a clinical practice routine. These various factors influence ...

Posting Date: Fri Jul 07 00:00:00 GMT 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: Broader Medicare Coverage of Leqembi Available Following FDA Traditional Approval - July 7, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: Broader Medicare Coverage of Leqembi Available Following FDA Traditional Approval - July 7, 2023 News Broader Medicare coverage is now available for Biogen and Eisai’s Leqemb...

Posting Date: Thu Jul 06 00:00:00 GMT 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: July 6, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: July 6, 2023 News CY 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule HHS Announces Actions to Lower Health Care Costs and Allow Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Pri...

Posting Date: Wed Jul 05 00:00:00 GMT 2023

CR13220 - Technical Revisions Only to the National Coverage Determination (NCD) Manual, Publication (Pub) 100-03

CR13220 - Technical Revisions Only to the National Coverage Determination (NCD) Manual, Publication (Pub) 100-03 Posted 7/5/2023

Posting Date: Thu Jun 29 00:00:00 GMT 2023

National Government Services Proposed LCDs for Comment (6/22/2023-8/5/2023) - Update

National Government Services Proposed LCDs for Comment (6/22/2023-8/5/2023) - Update The proposed LCDs listed below are being presented for comment for the Jurisdiction 6 and Jurisdiction K MACs. The ...

Posting Date: Thu Jun 29 00:00:00 GMT 2023

New and Improved EDI Enrollment Process Coming Soon

New and Improved EDI Enrollment Process Coming Soon We are improving our online EDI Enrollment process based on provider feedback. The new process will include ‘real time’ verification of data entered...

Posting Date: Thu Jun 29 00:00:00 GMT 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 29, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 29, 2023 News CY 2024 ESRD Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Transforming Medicare Coverage: A New Medicare Coverage Pathway for Emerging Technologies and Revampe...

Posting Date: Wed Jun 28 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Telehealth Home Health Billing

Telehealth Home Health Billing As a reminder to all home health agencies, telehealth billing becomes mandatory on home health claims for periods of care that start on or after 7/1/2023. There is an a...

Posting Date: Tue Jun 27 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Billing and Coding Article Updates for July 2023

Billing and Coding Article Updates for July 2023 Billing and Coding: Bevacizumab and Biosimilars (A52370) Based on Compendia review, ICD-10 codes Z85.09 and Z85.42 have been added to the Group 1 code ...

Posting Date: Mon Jun 26 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Dental Services 2023

Dental Services 2023 The CMS clarified what Medicare payments may be made for medically necessary dental services that are an integral part of a covered primary medical procedure. We’ve posted this ne...

Posting Date: Mon Jun 26 00:00:00 GMT 2023

End of the Public Health Emergency

End of the Public Health Emergency We’ve received many questions related to end of the public health emergency and changes to waivers that CMS put in place during the COVID-19 PHE. To assist our provi...

Posting Date: Mon Jun 26 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Helpful Reminders on Advance Care Planning

Helpful Reminders on Advance Care Planning ACP billing codes: 99497: Advance care planning, including the first 30 minutes of face-to-face explanation and discussion (when performed) of advance direct...

Posting Date: Thu Jun 22 00:00:00 GMT 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 22, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 22, 2023 News CMS Roundup (June 16, 2023) Lower Endoscopy: Comparative Billing Report in June Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database: July Update Behavioral Health Int...

Posting Date: Thu Jun 15 00:00:00 GMT 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 15, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 15, 2023 News Inflation Reduction Act Continues to Lower Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for Drugs with Price Increases Above Inflation CMS Announces Multi-State I...