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Posting Date: Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Home Health and Hospice Targeted Probe and Educate Resources

Home Health and Hospice Targeted Probe and Educate Resources It is imperative to keep up-to-date with all National Government Services JK and J6 HH+H TPE audit focus areas. This information can be loc...

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Posting Date: Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Provider Enrollment: NGSMedicare.com Website Resources to Help Reduce Development on CMS Enrollment Forms

Provider Enrollment: NGSMedicare.com Website Resources to Help Reduce Development on CMS Enrollment Forms To reduce requests for additional information, National Government Services offers several pro...

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Posting Date: Tue Apr 11 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: CMS Proposes Policies to Improve Patient Safety and Promote Health Equity — April 10, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: CMS Proposes Policies to Improve Patient Safety and Promote Health Equity — April 10, 2023 Proposed Rule CMS Proposes Policies to Improve Patient Safety and Promote Health Eq...

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Posting Date: Tue Apr 11 00:00:00 GMT 2023
NGS-ACE Enhancement Coming Soon

NGS-ACE Enhancement Coming Soon The National Government Services EDI team is pleased to share an upcoming enhancement to the 277CA (Claims Acknowledgement) transaction. Informational messages will be ...

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Posting Date: Tue Apr 11 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Rural Tobacco Disparity

Rural Tobacco Disparity Tobacco use and exposure to SHS remain leading causes of preventable disease, disability and mortality in the United States and are responsible for approximately 480,000 deaths...

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Posting Date: Mon Apr 10 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Reminder: Maintaining Ownership Consistency of Multiple Medicare Enrollments with same Tax Identification Number

Reminder: Maintaining Ownership Consistency of Multiple Medicare Enrollments with same Tax Identification Number View CMS’ “Medicare Enrollment: Maintain the Same Owners in All Enrollment Records” art...

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Posting Date: Mon Apr 10 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Home Health Diagnosis Codes Grouper Update for 4/1/2023

Home Health Diagnosis Codes Grouper Update for 4/1/2023 Effective 4/1/2023, CMS is implementing new HH Grouper edits. The HH Grouper program has various data validity edits that make sure it uses cons...

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Posting Date: Fri Apr 07 00:00:00 GMT 2023
New Fiscal Intermediary Shared System Consistency Edit to Validate Attending Physician National Provider Identifier

New Fiscal Intermediary Shared System Consistency Edit to Validate Attending Physician National Provider Identifier Effective 4/1/2023, CMS implemented a new consistency edit to validate that the atte...

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Posting Date: Thu Apr 06 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 6, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 6, 2023 News Resources & Flexibilities to Assist with Public Health Emergency in Mississippi Due to Recent Storms Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Re...

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Posting Date: Wed Apr 05 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: 4 Proposed FY 2024 Payment Rules — April 4, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: 4 Proposed FY 2024 Payment Rules — April 4, 2023 Proposed Rules FY 2024 Hospice Payment Rate Update Proposed Rule (CMS-1787-P) FY 2024 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility...

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Posting Date: Tue Apr 04 00:00:00 GMT 2023
NGS-ACE Edits for Ophthalmology

NGS-ACE Edits for Ophthalmology We continue working on enhancing NGS-ACE for providers in Jurisdiction 6 (Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) by adding additional edits and resources. The following NG...

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Posting Date: Fri Mar 31 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: March 30, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: March 30, 2023 News COVID-19: Booster Dose for Children 6 months – 4 years Identity & Access Management System: Easier for Surrogates Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance...

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Posting Date: Fri Mar 31 00:00:00 GMT 2023
CR12669 - Instructions Relating to the Evaluation of Section 1115 Waiver Days in the Calculation of Disproportionate Share Hospital Reimbursement

CR12669 - Instructions Relating to the Evaluation of Section 1115 Waiver Days in the Calculation of Disproportionate Share Hospital Reimbursement

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Posting Date: Fri Mar 31 00:00:00 GMT 2023
CR13122 - Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2023, Section 4143: Waiver of Cap on Annual Payments for Nursing and Allied Health Education Payments

CR13122 - Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2023, Section 4143: Waiver of Cap on Annual Payments for Nursing and Allied Health Education Payments

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Posting Date: Fri Mar 31 00:00:00 GMT 2023
EDI Enrollment Spotlights Top Rejections

EDI Enrollment Spotlights Top Rejections Part A, Part B and DDE Periodically, EDI enrollment will publish articles to help eliminate the number of EDI applications that are denied. This month we are ...

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Posting Date: Thu Mar 30 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Change in Pricing for Electroencephalogram Long-Term Monitoring Effective 4/1/2023

Change in Pricing for Electroencephalogram Long-Term Monitoring Effective 4/1/2023 After reviewing Medicare claims data for EEG continuous recording (CPT codes 95700 through 95718) as well as seeking ...

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Posting Date: Wed Mar 29 00:00:00 GMT 2023
LCD, Billing and Coding Article Updates for March and April 2023

LCD, Billing and Coding Article Updates for March and April 2023 Pain Management (L33622) Effective 3/19/2023 The LCD has been revised to remove all references to sacroiliac joint injections. Please r...

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