Coming Soon ‒ The CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Coming Soon - The CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule The CY 2024 MPFS will soon be available on the Fee Schedule Lookup tool located on NGSMedicare.com, after the CY 2024 physician fee schedule regulation is put on display. Once the Fee [...]

Electronic Cost Report Exhibit Templates

Who May File an Appeal

Who May File an Appeal? Table of Contents Who May File an Appeal? Appointment of Representative When Is an Appointment Not Necessary? Who May Be a Representative How to Make and Revoke an Appointment When Is an Appointment Not [...]

Reopenings for Minor Errors and Omissions

Reopenings for Minor Errors and Omissions Table of Contents Reopenings for Minor Errors and Omissions What is a Clerical Error? Clerical Error and Omission Reopening Request Request a Reopening- NGSConnex Request a Reopening- In Writing [...]

Review Bad Debt Listing

Table of Contents Review Bad Debt Listing Identifying Fee Schedule Services Fee Schedules Included in Bad Debt Policy Related Content [Return to Top] Review Bad Debt Listing Bad debts are unrecovered costs due to uncollectible [...]

Hospice Cap

Hospice Cap Table of Contents The Inpatient Day Limitation Aggregate Cap Calculation Beneficiary Count Proportional Method (applies to most hospices) Streamlined Method  [Return to Top] The Inpatient Day Limitation [...]

Proper Use of Modifiers JW and JZ

Proper Use of Modifiers JW and JZ National Government Services Provider Contact Center has received several inquiries regarding claim denials related to the use of the JW and JZ modifier for drugs/biologicals. As a reminder, effective [...]

Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Billing When Benefits Exhaust Job Aid

Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Billing When Benefits Exhaust Job Aid Table of Contents Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Billing When Benefits Exhaust Job Aid Benefits Exhaust Date Submitting Claims Through the Benefits Exhaust Date [...]

November 2023

In This Issue National Government Services Articles for Part A and Part B Providers Collaborative A/B/DME Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes Webinar Decrease Burden and Combine Multiple PDFs in one Document Before Responding to [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter: Take Our Provider Survey Today - November 1, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: Take Our Provider Survey Today - November 1, 2023 News Take Our Provider Survey Today Posted 11/1/2023