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Posting Date: 05/08/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 8, 2025

MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 8, 2025 News Direct Graduate Medical Education: Get Annual Update Factors Compliance Walkers: Prevent Claim Denials Events HCPCS Public Meeting — June 2–3 Medicare Adviso...

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Posting Date: 05/08/2025
Telehealth for Hospice Face-to-Face Recertification Extended Through September 30, 2025

Telehealth for Hospice Face-to-Face Recertification Extended Through September 30, 2025 Hospice physicians and nurse practitioners may continue to conduct the face-to-face encounter required for recer...

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Posting Date: 05/08/2025
Telehealth & Remote Patient Monitoring Updates

Telehealth & Remote Patient Monitoring Updates The CMS MLN Booklet® Telehealth & Remote Patient Monitoring has been updated with important information effective 10/1/2025. Posted 5/8/2025

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Posting Date: 05/07/2025
A/B and DME Collaborative YouTube Video

A/B and DME Collaborative YouTube Video The A/B DME MACs are offering a YouTube video on Urological Supplies. This DME video tutorial provides information about urological supply requirements. Posted ...

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Posting Date: 05/02/2025
Provider Enrollment: Resources from NGSMedicare.com to Streamline the CMS-855A Application Process

Provider Enrollment: Resources from NGSMedicare.com to Streamline the CMS-855A Application Process To eliminate the need for additional information requests, NGS offers a variety of provider enrollmen...

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Posting Date: 05/02/2025
Portable X-Ray Cost Analysis Survey

Portable X-Ray Cost Analysis Survey NGS, in collaboration with other MACs, has launched a crucial initiative to assess and update transportation allowances for portable X-ray services, as mandated by ...

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Posting Date: 05/02/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 1, 2025

MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 1, 2025 News Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Preliminary Gapfill Rates: Submit Comments by June 28 Compliance Acute Care Hospital Outpatient Services for Hospice Enrolle...

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Posting Date: 05/02/2025
Changes to the Written General Inquiries Process at National Government Services, Inc.

Changes to the Written General Inquiries Process at National Government Services, Inc. Effective 5/27/2025, NGS will no longer accept inquiries submitted through the postal service to any of our P.O. ...

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Posting Date: 05/02/2025
2024 Medicare Cost Report Due Dates

2024 Medicare Cost Report Due Dates FYE 12/31/2024 cost reports are due by 6/2/2025. We strongly encourage early filing of the cost report. Early-filed cost reports that are rejected will receive a gr...

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Posting Date: 04/30/2025
Helping Your Patients Stop Smoking

Helping Your Patients Stop Smoking Quitting Tobacco – Slips and Relapses Quitting smoking has health benefits at any age, no matter how long or how much you have smoked. If you slip or relapse, don’t ...

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Posting Date: 04/30/2025
Provider Enrollment: NGSMedicare.com Resources to Streamline CMS Enrollment Form Process

Provider Enrollment: NGSMedicare.com Resources to Streamline CMS Enrollment Form Process To eliminate the need for additional information requests, NGS offers a variety of provider enrollment resource...

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Posting Date: 04/29/2025
Register Now for the Spring 2025 Virtual Conference

Register Now for the Spring 2025 Virtual Conference Don’t miss the opportunity to register for the 2025 Spring Part B Virtual Conference: Understanding Medicare Compliance for Part B Providers! Enhanc...

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Posting Date: 04/24/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 24, 2025

MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 24, 2025 News Open Payments: Review Your Data by May 15 Medicare Shared Savings Program: Application Toolkit Materials MLN Matters® Articles Inpatient Psychiatric Facil...

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Posting Date: 04/22/2025
Four Reasons Patients Fear Quitting Tobacco

Four Reasons Patients Fear Quitting Tobacco Stress: If you rely on cigarettes to loosen up during your day, you might worry about losing this release valve. It’s essential to remember that using nicot...

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Posting Date: 04/21/2025
Revised and Updated Educational Frequently Asked Questions

Revised and Updated Educational Frequently Asked Questions Our educational FAQs have been updated. Please visit the Help and FAQs page under the Education section of our website to explore topics such...

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Posting Date: 04/18/2025
Update-CMS Delay of Skin Substitutes Effective Date

Update-CMS Delay of Skin Substitutes Effective Date As part of the transition to a new Administration, CMS is reviewing its coverage policies for skin substitute products. CMS believes it is important...

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Posting Date: 04/17/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 17, 2025

MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 17, 2025 News Clotting Factors: Medicare Part B Pays for Alhemo & Qfitlia Skilled Nursing Facilities: Revalidation Deadline Extended to August 1 Raise Awareness & Under...

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Posting Date: 04/17/2025
New P.O. Boxes for Part B Claim Submitters in Connecticut and New York (Upstate Counties and Queens)

New P.O. Boxes for Part B Claim Submitters in Connecticut and New York (Upstate Counties and Queens) Effective 5/19/2025, National Government Services (NGS) is closing the following Paper Claim Submis...

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Posting Date: 04/15/2025
Collaborative Surgical Dressings Webinar Coming May 6, 2025

Collaborative Surgical Dressings Webinar Coming May 6, 2025 This is your opportunity to hear directly from the Medicare contractors regarding Medicare’s criteria necessary for the coverage of surgical...

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Posting Date: 04/15/2025
Part B Spring 2025 Virtual Conference: Register Now

Register Now! Register now for the 2025 Spring Part B Virtual Conference: Understanding Medicare Compliance for Part B Providers happening on June 3–5,2025. This event will offer innovative ideas and ...

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Posting Date: 04/14/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 14, 2025

MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 14, 2025 FY 2026 Proposed Payment Rules CMS Seeks Public Input on Inpatient Hospital Whole-Person Care, Proposes Updates to Medicare Payments Inpatient Rehabilitation F...

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Posting Date: 04/14/2025
Get Access to Keep Provider Enrollment Records Up To Date with Medicare

Get Access to Keep Provider Enrollment Records Up To Date with Medicare If you need to manage Medicare enrollment information for an individual provider or entity electronically through PECOS, you mus...

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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 11, 2025

MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 11, 2025 News Dr. Mehmet Oz Shares Vision for CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program: March 2025 Confidential Feedback Reports Skilled Nursing Faci...

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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
National A/B MAC Ambulance Provider/Supplier Coalition Meeting Invite

National A/B MAC Ambulance Provider/Supplier Coalition Meeting Invite Attention Ambulance Suppliers and Providers Join the first virtual National A/B MAC Ambulance Provider/Supplier Coalition meeting ...

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Posting Date: 04/10/2025
Prohibition of AI Assistant Usage for Recording Medicare Sessions

Prohibition of AI Assistant Usage for Recording Medicare Sessions National Government Services has observed a rise in attempts to use various AI assistants during NGS-hosted sessions. It is important ...

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Posting Date: 04/10/2025
Benefits of Quitting Tobacco

Benefits of Quitting Tobacco Quitting tobacco use in any form is one of the most important actions people can take to improve their health. This is true regardless of their age or how long they have b...

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Posting Date: 04/09/2025
Part A Top Reason Code changes

Part A Top Reason Code changes National Government Services, Inc. updates the Top Claim Errors on our website each quarter to ensure our Part A providers have the latest information on top claim error...

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Posting Date: 04/08/2025
New Version of PC-ACE: April 2025

New Version of PC-ACE: April 2025 PC-ACE Version 6.6 contains several CMS mandates and product enhancements including but not limited to the items listed below. 13891 – Implement Operating Rules – Pha...

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Posting Date: 04/08/2025
[URGENT] NGSConnex Experiencing Intermittent Issues

NGSConnex Experiencing Intermittent Issues We are experiencing intermittent outages with NGSConnex. This is impacting Part A providers only. In some cases when a provider account is selected to perfor...

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Posting Date: 04/08/2025
Upcoming Annual Logon ID Recertification for Minnesota Region

Upcoming Annual Logon ID Recertification for Minnesota Region All users who access the FISS DDE system are required by the CMS to recertify their access annually. National Government Services will des...

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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
Social Security Income Ratios

Social Security Income Ratios The federal fiscal year 2023 SSI ratios for IPPS hospitals, IRF and LTCH were posted on the CMS website. IPPS IRF LTCH NGS will update the latest published 2023 SSI ratio...

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Posting Date: 04/04/2025
Top J6 Part B Claim Errors are Available

Top J6 Part B Claim Errors are Available We conduct a comprehensive data analysis on a quarterly basis to update and disseminate the latest insights on the most common claim errors. This initiative pr...

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Posting Date: 04/04/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 3, 2025

MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 3, 2025 News Home Infusion Therapy & Intravenous Immune Globulin Services: Get Monitoring Reports Medicare Providers & Suppliers: Report Managing Employees External Use...

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Posting Date: 04/01/2025
Provider Contact Center – Make the Most of Your Call

Provider Contact Center – Make the Most of Your Call As of 5/1/2025, the Provider Contact Center (PCC) will service one PTAN/NPI combination per call. Before calling the PCC, make the most of your cal...

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Posting Date: 03/31/2025
National Government Services Medicare Part B Redetermination Notice Initiative Is Here

National Government Services Medicare Part B Redetermination Notice Initiative Is Here As previously announced, National Government Services is pleased to announce we are discontinuing issuing paper M...

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Posting Date: 03/31/2025
[RESOLVED] NGS Phone Lines Currently Unavailable

[RESOLVED] NGS Phone Lines Experiencing Outages The outages we were experiencing with our Provider Contact Center telephone lines have now been resolved. This includes EDI, Provider Enrollment Custome...

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Posting Date: 03/28/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: March 27, 2025

MLN Connects® Newsletter: March 27, 2025 News Extension of Medicare Provisions Final National Coverage Determination: Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement Nutrition-Related Health Conditions: Rec...

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Posting Date: 03/27/2025
Ensure Accurate Provider Enrollment Information on File

Ensure Accurate Provider Enrollment Information on File ATTENTION: Claims and Provider Enrollment Verify that accurate provider enrollment information is on file with Medicare. Are you familiar with t...

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Posting Date: 03/27/2025
Top JK Part B Claim Errors are Available

Top JK Part B Claim Errors are Available We conduct a comprehensive data analysis on a quarterly basis to update and disseminate the latest insights on the most common claim errors. This initiative pr...

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Posting Date: 03/26/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: March 25, 2025

MLN Connects® Newsletter: March 25, 2025 News ESRD: Payment for Phosphate Binders Effective January 1, 2025 Hospitals: Apply for Additional Residency Positions by March 31 Skilled Nursing Facilities: ...

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