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Posting Date: Thu Aug 31 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: August 31, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: August 31, 2023 News HHS Selects the First Drugs for Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Medicare Shared Savings Program Saves Medicare More Than $1.8 Billion in 2022 and Continu...

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Posting Date: Wed Aug 30 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Revised: Two Interactive Voice Response System Features Ending 9/30/2023

Revised: Two Interactive Voice Response System Features Ending 9/30/2023 As of 10/1/2023, the following functions will no longer be available on our IVR; however, we are providing you with alternative...

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Posting Date: Tue Aug 29 00:00:00 GMT 2023
October 2023 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File Hosts

October 2023 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File Hosts For the upcoming October 2023 Release: For Production, CWF will be observing the Gray Day on Thursday, 9/28/2023 and Dark Days starti...

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Posting Date: Mon Aug 28 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Part B Mass Adjustments Resulting in Overpayments

Part B Mass Adjustments Resulting in Overpayments In May 2023, the OIG released the final report titled “Medicare Paid Millions More for Physician Services at Higher Nonfacility Rates Rather Than at L...

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Posting Date: Thu Aug 24 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Billing and Coding Article Update for August 2023

Billing and Coding Article Update for August 2023 Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies (A56758) Effective 8/31/2023, the following ICD-10-CM codes were added to the "ICD-10-CM Codes That ...

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Posting Date: Thu Aug 24 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: August 24, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: August 24, 2023 News Seasonal Flu Vaccine Pricing for 2023–2024 Season Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model: July 2023 Interim Performance Reports, Post-Event Ma...

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Posting Date: Mon Aug 21 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Customer Experience Surveys

Customer Experience Surveys We are pleased to offer two new surveys for you to tell us about your experience with our Provider Contact Center. When you use our IVR system, access the survey from the m...

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Posting Date: Thu Aug 17 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: August 17, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: August 17, 2023 News CMS.gov Website Refresh – Test Website Available for Feedback CMS Announces Resources and Flexibilities to Assist with the Public Health Emergency in Haw...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Posting Date: Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Prior Authorization Outpatient Department Rejections Alert

Prior Authorization Outpatient Department Rejections Alert National Government Services has seen a significant increase in rejections due to invalid information provided on PAR cover sheets. Please ...

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Posting Date: Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Frequently Asked Questions Reviewed and Updated

Frequently Asked Questions 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 available are:...

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Posting Date: Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Frequently Asked Questions Reviewed and Updated

Frequently Asked Questions 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 available are:...

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Posting Date: Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Frequently Asked Questions Reviewed and Updated

Frequently Asked Questions 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 available are:...

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Posting Date: Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Frequently Asked Questions Reviewed and Updated

Frequently Asked Questions 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 available are:...

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Posting Date: Fri Jul 14 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: PFS & OPPS/ASC Proposed Payment Rules – July 13, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: PFS & OPPS/ASC Proposed Payment Rules – July 13, 2023 Proposed Rules CMS Physician Payment Rule Advances Health Equity CMS Proposes Policies to Expand Behavioral Health Acces...

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Posting Date: Thu Jul 13 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: July 13, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: July 13, 2023 News Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Remedy for the 340B-Acquired Drug Payment Policy for Calendar Years 2018-2022 National Coverage Determinati...

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Posting Date: Wed Jul 12 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Submitting Necessary/Appropriate Documentation

Submitting Necessary/Appropriate Documentation National Government Services has noticed an increase in the submission of improper documentation. We’ve added two new sections to our Submit Medical Reco...

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Posting Date: Tue Jul 11 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Take Advantage of Tobacco Counseling when Performing Medicare Wellness Visits 

Take Advantage of Tobacco Counseling when Performing Medicare Wellness Visits Medicare providers can optimize revenue and improve patient outcomes with Medicare's Annual Wellness Visits. These visits ...

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Posting Date: Tue Jul 11 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Overcoming Barriers to Tobacco Counseling 

Overcoming Barriers to Tobacco Counseling Healthcare providers face several challenges when implementing tobacco cessation counseling into a clinical practice routine. These various factors influence ...

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Posting Date: Fri Jul 07 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: Broader Medicare Coverage of Leqembi Available Following FDA Traditional Approval - July 7, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: Broader Medicare Coverage of Leqembi Available Following FDA Traditional Approval - July 7, 2023 News Broader Medicare coverage is now available for Biogen and Eisai’s Leqemb...

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Posting Date: Thu Jul 06 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: July 6, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: July 6, 2023 News CY 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule HHS Announces Actions to Lower Health Care Costs and Allow Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Pri...

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Posting Date: Wed Jul 05 00:00:00 GMT 2023
CR13220 - Technical Revisions Only to the National Coverage Determination (NCD) Manual, Publication (Pub) 100-03

CR13220 - Technical Revisions Only to the National Coverage Determination (NCD) Manual, Publication (Pub) 100-03 Posted 7/5/2023

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Posting Date: Thu Jun 29 00:00:00 GMT 2023
National Government Services Proposed LCDs for Comment (6/22/2023-8/5/2023) - Update

National Government Services Proposed LCDs for Comment (6/22/2023-8/5/2023) - Update The proposed LCDs listed below are being presented for comment for the Jurisdiction 6 and Jurisdiction K MACs. The ...

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Posting Date: Thu Jun 29 00:00:00 GMT 2023
New and Improved EDI Enrollment Process Coming Soon

New and Improved EDI Enrollment Process Coming Soon We are improving our online EDI Enrollment process based on provider feedback. The new process will include ‘real time’ verification of data entered...

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Posting Date: Thu Jun 29 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 29, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 29, 2023 News CY 2024 ESRD Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Transforming Medicare Coverage: A New Medicare Coverage Pathway for Emerging Technologies and Revampe...

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Posting Date: Wed Jun 28 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Telehealth Home Health Billing

Telehealth Home Health Billing As a reminder to all home health agencies, telehealth billing becomes mandatory on home health claims for periods of care that start on or after 7/1/2023. There is an a...

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Posting Date: Tue Jun 27 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Billing and Coding Article Updates for July 2023

Billing and Coding Article Updates for July 2023 Billing and Coding: Bevacizumab and Biosimilars (A52370) Based on Compendia review, ICD-10 codes Z85.09 and Z85.42 have been added to the Group 1 code ...

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Posting Date: Mon Jun 26 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Helpful Reminders on Advance Care Planning

Helpful Reminders on Advance Care Planning ACP billing codes: 99497: Advance care planning, including the first 30 minutes of face-to-face explanation and discussion (when performed) of advance direct...

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Posting Date: Mon Jun 26 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Dental Services 2023

Dental Services 2023 The CMS clarified what Medicare payments may be made for medically necessary dental services that are an integral part of a covered primary medical procedure. We’ve posted this ne...

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Posting Date: Mon Jun 26 00:00:00 GMT 2023
End of the Public Health Emergency

End of the Public Health Emergency We’ve received many questions related to end of the public health emergency and changes to waivers that CMS put in place during the COVID-19 PHE. To assist our provi...

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Posting Date: Thu Jun 22 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 22, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 22, 2023 News CMS Roundup (June 16, 2023) Lower Endoscopy: Comparative Billing Report in June Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database: July Update Behavioral Health Int...

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Posting Date: Thu Jun 15 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 15, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 15, 2023 News Inflation Reduction Act Continues to Lower Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for Drugs with Price Increases Above Inflation CMS Announces Multi-State I...

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Posting Date: Thu Jun 15 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Reactivating Reason Code 31755

Reactivating Reason Code 31755 As of 1/3/2023, reason code 31755 was reactivated per CMS instructions. This means the revenue code 0023 line-item date of service must match the date of service for the...

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Posting Date: Thu Jun 15 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Claims Department Requires Additional Information for Processing Certain Services

Claims Department Requires Additional Information for Processing Certain Services Are you having difficulty with what must be provided when we ask for additional information to process your claim? If ...

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Posting Date: Mon Jun 12 00:00:00 GMT 2023
End of the Public Health Emergency Frequently Asked Questions

End of the Public Health Emergency Frequently Asked Questions We’ve added new frequently asked questions to our website. We encourage our providers to view answers to questions about the End of the Pu...

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Posting Date: Mon Jun 12 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Drugs and Biologicals Frequently Asked Questions

Drugs and Biologicals Frequently Asked Questions We’ve added new frequently asked questions to our website. We encourage our providers to view answers to common questions about Drugs and Biologicals t...

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Posting Date: Mon Jun 12 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Government Efforts to Combat Cancer Deaths Related to Tobacco

Government Efforts to Combat Cancer Deaths Related to Tobacco Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. Lung cancer is what normally is thought of when talking about to...

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Posting Date: Thu Jun 08 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 8, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 8, 2023 News CMS Announces Resources and Flexibilities to Assist with the Public Health Emergency in the Territory of Guam Due to Recent Typhoon CMS Roundup (June 2, 202...

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Posting Date: Wed Jun 07 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Understanding Revalidation Application Requirement of Submission

Understanding Revalidation Application Requirement of Submission The 42 Code of Federal Regulations Section 424.515(b): requires that a provider/supplier must submit a CMS-855 application with complet...

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Posting Date: Wed Jun 07 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Understanding Revalidation Application Requirement of Submission

Understanding Revalidation Application Requirement of Submission The 42 Code of Federal Regulations Section 424.515(b): requires that a provider/supplier must submit a CMS-855 application with complet...

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Posting Date: Fri Jun 02 00:00:00 GMT 2023
July 2023 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File Hosts

July 2023 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File Hosts For the upcoming July 2023 Release: For Production, CWF will be observing the Gray Day on Thursday, 6/29/2023 and Dark Days starting Fri...

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Posting Date: Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 1, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: June 1, 2023 News CMS Announces Plan to Ensure Availability of New Alzheimer’s Drugs COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Final Rule Medicare Secondary Payer Accident-Relat...

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Posting Date: Wed May 31 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Tobacco Counseling via Telehealth

Tobacco Counseling via Telehealth Health equity in telehealth is the opportunity for everyone to receive the health care they need and deserve, regardless of social or economic status. Telehealth help...

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Posting Date: Thu May 25 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 25, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 25, 2023 News DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program: Temporary Gap Period Starts January 1 CMS Roundup (May 19, 2023) Medicare Providers: Deadlines for Joining an Accountab...

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Posting Date: Thu May 25 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Billing and Reimbursement for Penile Pressure Cuff

Billing and Reimbursement for Penile Pressure Cuff Effective 6/1/2023, when billing for penile pressure cuff used for the provision of a voiding pressure study, please submit using CPT code 55899 (unl...

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Posting Date: Wed May 24 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Billing and Coding Article Updates for May and June 2023

Billing and Coding Article Updates for May and June 2023 Self-Administered Drug Exclusion List: Medical Policy Article A53021 (JK) and A53022 (J6) The article has been updated to add: Adalimumab-aacf ...

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Posting Date: Tue May 23 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 5/16/2023, CMS implemented a new FISS consistency edit to validate the att...

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Posting Date: Tue May 23 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Accessing the NGS FISS DDE System

Accessing the NGS FISS DDE System As we previously communicated via the May 2023 Dark Days for CMS Data Migration - Rescheduled May 2023 Dark Days for Data Center Migration, the Medicare Part A CMS Da...

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Posting Date: Fri May 19 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting Announcement

Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting Announcement Jurisdiction 6/Jurisdiction K Part A/Part B MAC To ensure the development of LCDs occurs through a public and open process, we are soliciting sci...

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Posting Date: Thu May 18 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 18, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 18, 2023 News COVID-19: Public Health Emergency Ended May 11 End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency FAQs Advancing Health Equity Through The CMS Innovation Center: Firs...

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Posting Date: Thu May 18 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Medical Review: Targeted Probe and Educate Review Topics Updated

Medical Review: Targeted Probe and Educate Review Topics Updated The Medical Review: TPE Review Topics page on our website has been updated. This page lists the topics and CPT codes under review by th...

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Posting Date: Thu May 11 00:00:00 GMT 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 11, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 11, 2023 News CMS Roundup (May 5, 2023) Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System: Report Information Compliance Bill Correctly: Power Mobility Devices Repairs ML...

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Posting Date: Thu May 11 00:00:00 GMT 2023
National Government Services: Raising Awareness About Care Management

National Government Services: Raising Awareness about Care Management According to the Center for Disease Control, six in ten adults in the U.S. have a chronic disease and four in ten adults have two ...

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Posting Date: Wed May 10 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Medicare Part A CMS Data Center Migration – Rescheduled May 2023 Dark Days for Data Center Migration

May 2023 Dark Days for CMS Data Center Migration – Rescheduled May 2023 Dark Days for Data Center Migration As we previously communicated, the Medicare Part A CMS Data Center Migration was postponed. ...

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Posting Date: Tue May 09 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Urgent News: May 2023 Dark Days for Data Center Migration Postponed

Urgent News: May 2023 Dark Days for Data Center Migration Postponed The Medicare Part A CMS Data Center Migration scheduled for 5/12/2023 to 5/15/2023 has been postponed. All systems and IVR will be a...

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Posting Date: Mon May 08 00:00:00 GMT 2023
[URGENT] Part A DDE is Available!

[URGENT] Part A DDE is Available! Part A DDE is available and can be accessed by Part A, HHH and FQHC providers. The issue of providers not being able to sign is due to an unexpected change in the Dat...

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Posting Date: Fri May 05 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Provider Enrollment: Resumed Revalidation Activities

Provider Enrollment: Resumed Revalidation Activities Attention: Provider Enrollment and Credentialing Departments Activities have resumed with revalidation due dates starting with 1/31/2022. Don’t wai...

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Posting Date: Fri May 05 00:00:00 GMT 2023
Proper Taxonomy Code for Ambulatory Surgical Center

Proper Taxonomy Code for Ambulatory Surgical Center National Government Services has been testing new edits to implement into our Advance Communication Engine System Edit Module (NGS-ACE) front end ed...

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Posting Date: Fri May 05 00:00:00 GMT 2023
New versus Established Patients

New versus Established Patients We’ve updated this frequently asked question based on recent clarification from CMS. Please clarify appropriate billing for outpatient/office services when a consulting...

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