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Posting Date: Tue Feb 27 00:00:00 GMT 2024
[REVISED] 2024 Gapfill Request

[REVISED] 2024 Gapfill Request National Government Services, the MAC for JK and J6 is in receipt of the new laboratory test codes identified by the CMS to be gap-fill priced for 2024. The PAMA regulat...

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Posting Date: Tue Feb 27 00:00:00 GMT 2024
Change Healthcare Security Incident

Change Healthcare Security Incident The CMS and National Government Services are aware that Change Healthcare recently suffered a cyber-attack. Change Healthcare is a clearinghouse vendor that connect...

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Posting Date: Mon Feb 26 00:00:00 GMT 2024
Prolonged Services Timeline 2024

Prolonged Services Timeline 2024 We’ve updated the Prolonged Services Timetable with 2024 HCPCS and CPT codes, time requirements and date spans. We encourage providers to view this information to ensu...

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Posting Date: Mon Feb 26 00:00:00 GMT 2024
Medicare Part B Overpayments

Medicare Part B Overpayments We developed the Medicare Part B Overpayments Tip Sheet to provide instructions for reporting various overpayment situations. Topics include responding to a demand letter,...

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Posting Date: Thu Feb 22 00:00:00 GMT 2024
Evaluation and Management Frequently Asked Questions

Evaluation and Management Frequently Asked Questions We’ve expanded our E/M FAQs for the Complex and Chronic Care – HCPCS code G2211 category to include answers to common questions we’ve received abou...

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Posting Date: Thu Feb 22 00:00:00 GMT 2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 22, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 22, 2024 News CMS Issues Additional Guidance on Program to Allow People with Medicare to Pay Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs in Monthly Payments Compliance Med...

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Posting Date: Wed Feb 21 00:00:00 GMT 2024
Common Working File (CWF) Host Dark Days for April 2024 Release

Common Working File (CWF) Host Dark Days for April 2024 Release For the upcoming April 2024 Release: For Production, CWF will be observing the Gray Day on Thursday, 3/28/2024 and Dark Days starting Fr...

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Posting Date: Tue Feb 20 00:00:00 GMT 2024
Health Benefits of Quitting Smoking

Health Benefits of Quitting Smoking Help your Patients Kick the Habit! Smoking leads to multiple diseases and potentially death, but this is preventable – anyone at any age can benefit from quitting s...

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Posting Date: Fri Feb 16 00:00:00 GMT 2024
[REVISED] Provisional Period of Enhanced Oversight for New Hospices

[REVISED] Provisional Period of Enhanced Oversight for New Hospices In an effort to reduce hospice fraud, waste and abuse, CMS is placing newly enrolling hospices located in Arizona, California, Nevad...

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Posting Date: Thu Feb 15 00:00:00 GMT 2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 15, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 15, 2024 News CMS Roundup (Feb 9, 2024) Marriage and Family Therapists & Mental Health Counselors: New Specialty Codes for Medicare Medicare Physician Fee Schedule D...

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