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Posting Date: Thu Aug 10 00:00:00 GMT 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: August 10, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: August 10, 2023 News Immunization: Protect Your Patients Claims, Pricers, & Codes Outpatient Rehabilitation Claims with Reason Code W7072: Do You Need to Resubmit Claims? MLN...

Posting Date: Wed Aug 09 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Reminder: Submitting Paper Claims

Reminder: Submitting Paper Claims All paper claims are required to be submitted on the original red/white CMS-1500 (02/12) claim form. To ensure our OCR system can process claims efficiently: Use Cour...

Posting Date: Tue Aug 08 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Join Us for the A/B DME Collaborative Surgical Dressings Webinar

Join Us for the A/B DME Collaborative Surgical Dressings Webinar Representatives from all four DME MAC jurisdictions and the A/B MACs will explain medical record requirements for surgical dressings. W...

Posting Date: Thu Aug 03 00:00:00 GMT 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: August 3, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: August 3, 2023 News Medicare Dementia Care Model Your Patient’s Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) May Change CMS Roundup (July 28, 2023) Building on CMS's Accountable Car...

Posting Date: Wed Aug 02 00:00:00 GMT 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: 5 Final FY 2024 Payment Rules — Aug 1, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: 5 Final FY 2024 Payment Rules — Aug 1, 2023 Final FY 2024 Payment Rules New CMS Rule Promotes High-Quality Care and Rewards Hospitals that Deliver High-Quality Care to Unders...

Posting Date: Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Text Telephone Changes

Text Telephone Changes TTY-based Telecommunications Relay Services permit persons with a hearing or speech disability to use the telephone system via a TTY or other device to call persons with or with...

Posting Date: Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT 2023

New and Improved EDI Enrollment Process

New and Improved EDI Enrollment Process Our new online EDI Enrollment Process is available. This new process includes real time verification of data entered into many of the fields, which improves acc...

Posting Date: Thu Jul 27 00:00:00 GMT 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: July 27, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: July 27, 2023 News CMS Continues Work on Behavioral Health Discarded Drugs and Biologicals: Updated FAQs on JW & JZ Modifiers Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Mode...

Posting Date: Thu Jul 27 00:00:00 GMT 2023

LCD, Billing and Coding Article Updates for August 2023

LCD, Billing and Coding Article Updates for August 2023 New LCDs and Articles (Effective 8/1/2023) Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Primary Refractory or Relapsed Hodgkin and Non-Hodg...

Posting Date: Tue Jul 25 00:00:00 GMT 2023

National Government Services CAC Meeting Notice on KidneyIntelX Test

National Government Services CAC Meeting Notice on KidneyIntelX Test Information has been posted on our website in regards to the National Government Services l Contractor Advisory Committee Meeting r...

Posting Date: Tue Jul 25 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Attention All OPPS Providers with Provider-Based Department(s): Permanent Edit Implementation Begins on/after 8/1/2023

Attention All OPPS Providers: Provider-Based Department Edits Being Implemented on/after 8/1/2023 Certain edits are being implemented on/after 8/1/2023 to ensure you are billing your provider-based lo...

Posting Date: Fri Jul 21 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Multi-Jurisdictional CAC Meeting Notice on Cervical Fusion

Multi-Jurisdictional CAC Meeting Notice on Cervical Fusion Information has been posted on our website in regards to multi-jurisdictional Contractor Advisory Committee Meeting regarding Cervical Fusion...

Posting Date: Fri Jul 21 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Prior Authorization Outpatient Department Exemption Additional Documentation Requests

Prior Authorization Outpatient Department Exemption Additional Documentation Requests National Government Services Prior Authorization initiated the process of issuing ADRs to exempt providers. Please...

Posting Date: Thu Jul 20 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Activation of Validation Edits for Providers with Multiple Service Locations (MLN Matters Number: SE19007 Revised)

Activation of Validation Edits for Providers with Multiple Service Locations (MLN Matters Number: SE19007 Revised) Posted 7/20/2023

Posting Date: Thu Jul 20 00:00:00 GMT 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: July 20, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: July 20, 2023 News Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty of Carotid Artery Concurrent with Stenting: Proposed National Coverage Determination Beta Amyloid Positron Emission T...

Posting Date: Tue Jul 18 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Update: End Stage Renal Disease Claim Adjustments Needed Due to CWF Error in Date of First Dialysis

Update: End Stage Renal Disease Claim Adjustments Needed Due to CWF Error in Date of First Dialysis As of 7/18/2023, CMS has identified that the CWF continues to have some inaccurate dates for the fir...

Posting Date: Tue Jul 18 00:00:00 GMT 2023

Targeted Probe and Educate: Medical Review Topics

Targeted Probe and Educate: Medical Review Topics The Medical Review team has developed a comprehensive list of common denials found during Targeted Probe and Educate reviews along with resources to a...