In This Issue
National Government Services Articles for Part A and Part B Providers
- Targeted Probe and Educate Letters – An Informational Overview
- Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Redetermination Deadline 9/27/2022
- Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Documentation Deadline 8/22/2022
- Mental Health Crisis Help
- Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting Announcement
- August and September 2022 LCD, Billing and Coding Article Updates
- Physical, Occupational and Speech and Language Pathology Therapy Services: Prevent Easily Avoidable Errors
- New YouTube Video: Medical Documentation: A/B and DME Collaborative Presentation Now Available
- Provider Enrollment: Resumed Revalidation Activities
- Know Your Provider Enrollment Revalidation Due Date Today and Protect Your Bottom Line
- Updated fee for Fluorodeooxyglucose (F-18 FDG)
- Billing New Monkeypox Vaccine and Laboratory Codes
- Staying Up To Date on Vaccines
- Medicare Mobile Has Expanded
- New Gamification Course Now Available in Medicare Arcades!
- Psychiatric and Psychology Services
- October 2022 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File Hosts
- Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Telehealth and Potential Fraud
National Government Services Articles for Part A Providers
- New Enrollment Articles Added to Authorization and Accreditation
- Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference Summary for 6/22/2022
- Inhalation Treatment CPT 94640 – Billing Errors
- Part A Prior Authorization Status Update Requests
- Provider Enrollment: Description of NPI and Link to NPPES Registry
- Use Our Provider Self-Service Tools To Spend Less Time on the Phone
- Treatment Plans for Cardiac Rehabilitation Services
- Provider Enrollment Authorization and Accreditation
- Upcoming Annual Logon ID Recertification
National Government Services Articles for Part B Providers
- Advance Communication Engine (NGS-ACE) System Edit Module for Electronic Claim Submission (for J6 providers)
- Use National Government Services Self-Service Tools to Maximize your Workload
- CMS Identifies National System Issue
- Medicare Part B Coverage and Billing Guidance for Breast Ultrasound
- Provider Enrollment: Obtaining and Verifying State License
- National Government Services: Raising Awareness about Care Management
- Top Claim Errors
- Understanding your Remittance Advice for Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Adjustments
- Upcoming Annual Logon ID Recertification
CMS MLN Connects® Weekly Provider eNews
- MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, August 25, 2022
- MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, August 18, 2022
- MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, August 18, 2022
- MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, August 11, 2022
- MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, August 4, 2022
- MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, August 1, 2022
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