Medicare Monthly Review
In This Issue
National Government Services Articles for Part A and Part B Providers
- Award of Medicare Administrative Contractor Contract for Jurisdiction K
- National Government Services Medicare Spring 2022 Virtual Conference
- New Version of PC-ACE: April 2022
- We’ve Rebranded!
- April 2022 LCD and Billing and Coding Article Updates
- Physicians: Are You Ordering DMEPOS for Your Patients?
- Save the Dates: National Government Services 2022 Spring Virtual Conference!
- Understanding Revalidation Application Requirement of Submission
- Medicare Advantage Plan Beneficiaries Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine and Monoclonal Antibody
- April 2022 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File Hosts
- April 2022 EDI Front-End Quarterly Release
National Government Services Articles for Part A Providers
- Code Set Update for PC Print: April 2022
- View Existing Medicare ID (PTAN) in PECOS and Effective/End Dates for Reassignment
- Hospice Quality Reporting Program
- Social Security Income Ratios
- We’ve updated our Enrollment Frequently Asked Questions to include answers to common questions about Application Fee & Application Status, Determination Letter, PECOS and Revalidation.
National Government Services Articles for Part B Providers
- The Frequently Asked Questions for Diabetes Self-Management Training and Medical Nutrition Therapy have been updated.
- We’ve updated the Lung Cancer Screening Counseling and Annual Screening for Lung Cancer with Low-Dose Computed Tomography section of our Preventive Services guide to include changes for lung screening that became effective on 2/10/2022.
- The Immunization Roster Billing Medicare Topic has been updated to include more detailed instructions for properly billing claims for this service.
- Jurisdiction 6 Part B - New Edits for National Government Services Advance Communication Engine System
- Reopening Not Appropriate to Change Diagnosis on Paid Claims
- Unlisted and Not Otherwise Classified Procedure Codes
- View Existing Medicare ID (PTAN) in PECOS and Effective/End Dates for Reassignment
- 2022 CMS Evaluation and Management Regulation Modifications
- Chronic Care Management with Transitional Care Management Clarification
- Proper Billing for Patient Supplied Drugs
- We’ve added new Frequently Asked Questions to our website. Visit our Help and FAQs web page for answers to common questions received in our Provider Contact Center.
- The Top Claim Errors have been updated for Jurisdiction 6 and Jurisdiction K.
- We’ve updated our Enrollment Frequently Asked Questions to include answers to common questions about Application Fee & Application Status, Determination Letter, PECOS and Revalidation.
- We’ve updated the billing information for Transitional Care Management services.
CMS MLN Connects® Weekly Provider eNews
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 31, 2022
- MLN Connects® Special Edition for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 24, 2022
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 17, 2022
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 10, 2022
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 3, 2022
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