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MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, July 14, 2022

COVID-19: FDA Authorizes Pharmacists to Prescribe PAXLOVID with Certain Limits

News

  • COVID-19: FDA Authorizes Pharmacists to Prescribe PAXLOVID with Certain Limits
  • COVID-19: Moderna Vaccines for Children as Young as 6 Months — New Codes
  • Establishing the Framework for Health Equity at CMS
  • Post-Acute Care Report to Congress: Prototype Unified Payment for Medicare
  • Long Term Care Facilities: Nursing Home Five Star Rating Changes
  • Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports for Home Health Agencies & Partial Hospitalization Programs
  • Home Health Quality Reporting Program: Final OASIS Data Specifications

Compliance

  • Collaborative Patient Care is a Provider Partnership

Claims, Pricers, & Codes

  • Claims Processing Instructions for the New Hepatitis B Vaccine Code 90759
  • HCPCS Application Summaries & Coding Decisions: Drugs & Biologicals
  • New Edit for Prospective Payment System (PPS) Outpatient and Inpatient Bill Types Receiving an Outlier Payment When a Device Credit is Reported

Events

  • Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System Webinar: Allocating Expenses & Revenue — July 21

Information for Patients

  • Affordable Connectivity Program Lowers Cost of Broadband Services for Eligible Households

Posted 7/14/2022