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MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, January 27, 2022

COVID-19: Tools to Determine if Vaccine Requirements Apply


 

News

  • COVID-19: Tools to Determine if Vaccine Requirements Apply
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Codes: Pfizer Pre-Diluted Vaccine for Patients Ages 12+ & Third Dose for Immunocompromised Patients Ages 5–11
  • COVID-19: Vaccine Access in Long-term Care Settings
  • Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program: New for Calendar Year 2022

Claims, Pricers, & Codes

  • Acute Hospital Care at Home: New Occurrence Span Code and Revenue Code

MLN Matters® Articles

  • April 2022 Update to the Medicare Severity - Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) Grouper and Medicare Code Editor (MCE) Version 39.1 for the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Diagnosis Codes for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccination Status and ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (PCS) Codes for Introduction or Infusion of Therapeutics and Vaccines for COVID-19 Treatment
  • Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule – Medicare Travel Allowance Fees for Collection of Specimens
  • CY 2022 Telehealth Update Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
  • Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Subject to and Excluded from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Edits
  • Internet-Only Manual Updates (IOM) for Critical Care, Split/Shared Evaluation and Management Services, Teaching Physicians, & Physician Assistants
  • New Waived Tests

Publications

  • Home Infusion Therapy Services Monitoring Report

Posted 1/27/2022