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Posting Date: 12/11/2024
Overcoming Barriers to Tobacco Counseling
Overcoming Barriers to Tobacco Counseling Healthcare providers may face different challenges when implementing tobacco cessation counseling into a clinical practice routine. These various factors infl...
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Posting Date: 12/06/2024
Common Working File (CWF) Host Dark Days for January 2025 Release
Common Working File (CWF) Host Dark Days for January 2025 Release For Production, 1/1/2025 – Observe Holiday – No Cycle, CWF will be observing the Gray Day on Thursday, 1/2/2025 and Dark Days startin...
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Posting Date: 12/05/2024
Next Week - 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference!
Next Week – 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference! We hope you’re as excited as we are about the upcoming National Government Services Medicare Part B 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference...
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Posting Date: 12/05/2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: December 5, 2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: December 5, 2024 News Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: CY 2025 Final Payment Determinations CMS Roundup (November 29, 2024) Advanced Primary Care Management Services: Get In...
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Posting Date: 12/03/2024
Rural Tobacco Disparity
Rural Tobacco Disparity Tobacco use and exposure to SHS are major causes of preventable disease, disability and mortality in the United States and are responsible for approximately 480,000 deaths annu...
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Posting Date: 12/03/2024
Behavioral Health Telehealth In-Person Requirements
Behavioral Health Telehealth In-Person Requirements National Government Services has been receiving questions regarding the behavioral health telehealth requirement that the initial telehealth service...
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Posting Date: 12/02/2024
Announcement About Medicare Participation for Calendar Year 2025
Announcement About Medicare Participation for Calendar Year 2025 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted the Announcement About Medicare Participation for Calendar Year 2025. Posted 12...
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Posting Date: 12/02/2024
Provider Enrollment: Reminder for Open Enrollment and Participation Agreement
Provider Enrollment: Reminder for Open Enrollment and Participation Agreement The 2025 Annual Participation Open Enrollment Period is approaching for another year. While this is an important time (fro...
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Posting Date: 12/02/2024
The CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Is Now Available
The CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Is Now Available The CY 2025 MPFS is now available. You can view the new fees using the Fee Schedule Lookup tool page on NGSMedicare.com. Posted 12/2/2024
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Posting Date: 11/27/2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 27, 2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 27, 2024 News Opioid Treatment Programs: CY 2025 Updates HIV Screening & Prevention Claims, Pricers, & Codes Home Health Prospective Payment System Grouper: January ...
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Posting Date: 11/26/2024
Explore Our Exciting Sessions at the 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference!
Explore Our Exciting Sessions at the 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference! View All Our Sessions and Register Now! As we gear up for the National Government Services Medicare Part B 2024 Preven...
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Posting Date: 11/25/2024
Obtaining Beneficiary Eligibility Information Through NGSConnex
Obtaining Beneficiary Eligibility Information Through NGSConnex As a reminder, our Customer Service Representatives aren’t permitted to share eligibility information because it’s available through NG...
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Posting Date: 11/25/2024
Reminder: The Self-Service Pulse Has Ended
Reminder: The Self-Service Pulse Has Ended We sincerely thank you for being a loyal reader of our Self-Service Pulse each week. To continue receiving updates on our latest self-service tools and servi...
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Posting Date: 11/25/2024
Health Equity Vaccination Efforts: Achieving the Highest Level of Health and Well-Being for Your Patients
Health Equity Vaccination Efforts: Achieving the Highest Level of Health and Well-Being for Your Patients Health equity is the concept that all people should have a fair and just chance to be as healt...
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Posting Date: 11/25/2024
LCD and Article Updates for November 2024
LCD and Article Updates for November 2024 Local Coverage Determinations and Billing and Coding Articles The following Local Coverage Determinations and Billing and Coding Articles have been finalized ...
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Posting Date: 11/21/2024
All Part B Providers – Register Now!
All Part B Providers – Register Now! Don't miss your chance to attend! Don't miss your chance to attend the National Government Services Medicare Part B 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference! Re...
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Posting Date: 11/21/2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 21, 2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 21, 2024 News Medicare-Funded Physician Residency Positions CMS Roundup (November 15, 2024) Hepatitis B Vaccine: Billing Requirement Update Effective January 1 Hospi...
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Posting Date: 11/20/2024
Start Your Morning with a Podcast - Navigating Medicare: Part A Insights for Providers
Start Your Morning with a Podcast - Navigating Medicare: Part A Insights for Providers Did you know we have a podcast channel on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts that are just for our providers? On you...
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Posting Date: 11/18/2024
Urgent: Starting Today 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR
Urgent: Starting Today 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR As we’ve communicated, starting today, 11/18/2024, you won’t have access to beneficiary eligibility inform...
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Posting Date: 11/15/2024
Urgent: Beginning Monday 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR
Urgent: Beginning Monday 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR As we’ve communicated, beginning Monday 11/18/2024, beneficiary eligibility information will not be offe...
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Posting Date: 11/14/2024
Register Now for the 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference!
Register Now for the 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference! Dive deep into critical preventive services topics! All Part B Providers! Register now for the National Government Services Medicare P...
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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...
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Posting Date: 11/14/2024
November 21st is The Great American Smokeout
November 21st is The Great American Smokeout You Can Help Your Patients Quit Smoking Smoking is one of the leading causes of heart disease and stroke. At least 70% of cigarette smokers see a clinician...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Posting Date: 10/14/2024
Reminder – Beginning 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR
Reminder – Beginning 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR To help protect Medicare beneficiaries against fraud, CMS is instructing all MACs to remove beneficiary elig...
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Posting Date: 10/11/2024
Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR Beginning 11/18/2024
Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR Beginning 11/18/2024 To help protect Medicare beneficiaries against fraud, CMS is instructing all MACs to remove beneficiary eligibility info...
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Posting Date: 10/10/2024
Jurisdiction K Part B Top Claim Errors are Updated
Jurisdiction K Part B Top Claim Errors are Updated Using data analysis we update the Top Claim Errors on a quarterly basis and provide: the error reason code; a description of the error; the error typ...
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Posting Date: 10/10/2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 10, 2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 10, 2024 News Resources & Flexibilities to Assist with the Public Health Emergency in Florida CMS Roundup (October 4, 2024) Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: Reportin...
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Posting Date: 10/10/2024
Jurisdiction 6 Part B Top Claim Errors are Updated
Jurisdiction 6 Part B Top Claim Errors are Updated Using data analysis we update the Top Claim Errors on a quarterly basis and provide: the error reason code; a description of the error; the error typ...
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Posting Date: 10/07/2024
Availability of the Essential Medicines Shortage List for the Recently Finalized Separate IPPS Payment for Establishing and Maintaining Access
Availability of the Essential Medicines Shortage List for the Recently Finalized Separate IPPS Payment for Establishing and Maintaining Access On Thursday, 8/1/2024, CMS issued the FY 2025 Medicare H...
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Posting Date: 10/04/2024
Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health Model Claims Adjusted in Error
Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health Model Claims Adjusted in Error CMS informed NGS of an issue that occurred on 7/26/2024 impacting some claims from 2021 – 20...
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Posting Date: 10/04/2024
[RESOLVED] The Provider Contact Center Is Experiencing Phone Outages for All Lines of Business
[RESOLVED] The Provider Contact Center Is Experiencing Phone Outages for All Lines of Business Our Provider Contact Center Customer Services Representative phone lines were down for all lines of busin...
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Posting Date: 10/03/2024
Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting
Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting National Government Services is hosting a Proposed Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting on 10/24/2024. Details are available by accessing the Local Cove...
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Posting Date: 10/03/2024
Claim Denials During Hospice Elections Liability Reminder
Claim Denials During Hospice Elections Liability Reminder When a Medicare beneficiary elects hospice benefits, the hospice is required to provide all items and services needed for the hospice treatmen...
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Posting Date: 10/03/2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 3, 2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 3, 2024 News HHS Releases Final Guidance for Second Cycle of Historic Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Resources & Flexibilities to Assist with the Public He...
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