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Posting Date: 11/14/2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 14, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 14, 2024 News 2025 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles Medicare Participation for CY 2025 Ambulance Fee Schedule: CY 2025 Final Policies Prior Authorizatio...

Posting Date: 11/11/2024

One Week Until Beneficiary Eligibility Information Leaves the IVR

One Week Until Beneficiary Eligibility Information Leaves the IVR As we’ve communicated, beginning 11/18/2024, beneficiary eligibility information will not be offered on the IVR. This includes all be...

Posting Date: 11/11/2024

Submitting Electronic Medical Records

Submitting Electronic Medical Records National Government Services can accept medical records submitted on a CD or thumb drive however, submitting via our free, secure, web-based portal NGSConnex is p...

Posting Date: 11/07/2024

Registration Now Open for the 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference!

Registration Now Open for the 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference! We are thrilled to announce that registration is now open for the National Government Services Medicare Part B 2024 Preventiv...

Posting Date: 11/07/2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 7, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 7, 2024 Final Rules Physician Fee Schedule CY 2025 Final Rule Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System & Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System CY 2025 Fina...

Posting Date: 11/07/2024

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and worldwide. Although education, research and treatment options for lung cancer have dra...

Posting Date: 11/04/2024

Two Weeks to Prepare to use NGSConnex for Beneficiary Eligibility Information

Two Weeks to Prepare to use NGSConnex for Beneficiary Eligibility Information As we’ve communicated, beginning 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility information will not be offered on the IVR. This incl...

Posting Date: 11/04/2024

Coming Soon ‒ The CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Coming Soon ‒ The CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule The CY 2025 MPFS will soon be available on the Fee Schedule Lookup tool located on NGSMedicare.com, after the CY 2025 physician fee schedule r...

Posting Date: 10/31/2024

Top Claim Errors Reviewed and Updated

Top Claim Errors Reviewed and Updated Using data analysis, we review and update the Top Claim Errors on a quarterly basis and provide: the error reason code; a description of the error; the error type...

Posting Date: 10/31/2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 31, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 31, 2024 News Medicare Shared Savings Program Continues to Deliver Meaningful Savings and High-Quality Health Care Compliance Major Hip & Knee Replacement or Reattach...

Posting Date: 10/29/2024

Frequently Asked Questions Have Been Reviewed and Updated

Frequently Asked Questions Have Been Reviewed and Updated We’ve reviewed and updated our educational FAQs. Visit our Help and FAQs page located within the Education section of our website. Please take...

Posting Date: 10/29/2024

Top Claim Errors Reviewed and Updated

Top Claim Errors Reviewed and Updated Using data analysis, we review and update the Top Claim Errors on a quarterly basis and provide: the error reason code; a description of the error; the error type...

Posting Date: 10/29/2024

Don’t Wait Until 11/18/2024 To Use NGSConnex for Beneficiary Eligibility Information

Don’t Wait Until 11/18/2024 To Use NGSConnex for Beneficiary Eligibility Information As we’ve communicated, beginning 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility information will not be offered on the IVR. T...

Posting Date: 10/28/2024

A/B DME MAC Collaborative Lower Limb Orthoses Webinar

A/B DME MAC Collaborative Lower Limb Orthoses Webinar This is your opportunity to hear directly from the Medicare contractors regarding Medicare’s criteria necessary for the coverage of lower limb ort...

Posting Date: 10/24/2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 24, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 24, 2024 News CMS Roundup (October 18, 2024) Rural Health Clinic & Federally Qualified Health Center: Final CY 2024 Payment Policies Claims, Pricers, & Codes Home Hea...

Posting Date: 10/24/2024

Frequently Asked Questions Have Been Reviewed and Updated

Frequently Asked Questions Have Been Reviewed and Updated We’ve reviewed and updated our educational FAQs. Visit our Help and FAQs page located within the Education section of our website. Topics avai...

Posting Date: 10/24/2024

Notification of the 2025 Dollar Amount in Controversy Required to Sustain Appeal Rights for an Administrative Law Judge Hearing or Federal District Court Review

Notification of the 2025 Dollar Amount in Controversy Required to Sustain Appeal Rights for an Administrative Law Judge Hearing or Federal District Court Review The amount that must remain in controve...

Posting Date: 10/21/2024

Tobacco Cessation Counseling Doesn’t Have To Be Lengthy or Intimidating

Tobacco Cessation Counseling Doesn’t Have To Be Lengthy or Intimidating Did you know that tobacco cessation counseling is a covered Medicare service? Brief tobacco counseling provides substantial heal...

Posting Date: 10/21/2024

NGSConnex: Overview, Access, Navigation and Eligibility Look Up

NGSConnex: Overview, Access, Navigation and Eligibility Look Up As we’ve communicated, beginning 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility information will not be offered on the IVR. This includes all benef...

Posting Date: 10/17/2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 17, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 17, 2024 News Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities: Guidance on All-Inclusive Cost Reporting No-Pay Medicare Summary Notice Mailing Frequency Changed to Every 120 Days He...