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Posting Date: 09/08/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, September 8, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, September 8, 2022 Prostate Cancer: Talk to Your Patients about Screening News Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals: Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports Prostate Cancer: Talk to [...]
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Posting Date: 05/05/2022
Chronic Disease Management and Preventive Services Learning and Action Series
Chronic Disease Management and Preventive Services Learning and Action Series A Collaborative Learning Opportunity with the Medicare Administrative Contractors National Government Services, Novitas Solutions, Wisconsin Physician Services [...]
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Posting Date: 03/31/2022
Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims and the Sequestration Payment Adjustment Changes
Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims and the Sequestration Payment Adjustment Changes Just a reminder: The Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act impacts payments for all Medicare fee-for-service claims. As a result of [...]
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Posting Date: 08/21/2023
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 main menu after you complete your [...]
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Posting Date: 05/18/2021
Tips to Ensure an Optimal NGSMedicare.com Experience
Tips to Ensure an Optimal NGSMedicare.com Experience Most of you are probably aware, but if not, on Friday, 5/14/2021, we launched our new combined homepage. These changes were a result of your feedback. You now only need to go to [...]
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Posting Date: 04/12/2021
Skilled Nursing Facility Patient Driven Payment Model Billing For Noncovered Days With An Occurrence Span Code 76
Skilled Nursing Facility Patient Driven Payment Model Billing For Noncovered Days With An Occurrence Span Code 76 The CR 11992 updated the CMS IOM Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 6, Sections 40.3.2 and 40.6 to [...]
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Posting Date: 09/07/2021
There’s Still Time to Register – National Government Services Preventive Service Week
There’s Still Time to Register – National Government Services Preventive Service Week National Government Services Provider Outreach and Education Team is holding a Special Virtual Conference on Medicare Preventive Services. Join us on [...]
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Posting Date: 05/19/2023
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 scientific evidence and other [...]
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Posting Date: 03/22/2023
Appealing a Denied Claim
Appealing a Denied Claim At times, providers submit a claim that ends up being denied; the denial may include appeal rights. Providers can appeal all of their overpayment claims on one request for redetermination, which is the first level of [...]
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Posting Date: 02/23/2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 23, 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 23, 2023 News Hospital Price Transparency: Progress and Commitment to Achieving Its Potential Home Infusion Therapy Services Monitoring Report Immunosuppressive Drugs: Comparative [...]
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Posting Date: 02/09/2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 9, 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 9, 2023 News DMEPOS: Get Benefit Category Determinations Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists: Update to List of National Certifying Bodies Help Address Heart Health [...]
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Posting Date: 02/02/2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 2, 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 2, 2023 News Aligning Quality Measures across CMS — The Universal Foundation Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System: Portal to Report is Open Skilled Nursing Facilities: Care Compare January [...]
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Posting Date: 01/12/2023
Let's Chat About Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use
Let's Chat About Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use Do you have questions on how to bill Medicare for tobacco counseling? Join us on 1/24/2023 for the opportunity to ask questions about coverage and billing for Medicare’s preventative service [...]
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Posting Date: 01/05/2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: January 5, 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: January 5, 2023 News COVID-19: Updated Vaccines for Children Ages Six Months – Five Years Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment: Request for Nominations Certificates of Medical Necessity and DME [...]
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Posting Date: 12/15/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter: December 15, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter: December 15, 2022 News Opioid Treatment Programs: New Information for 2023 Part B Immunosuppressive Drug Benefit: Check Medicare Eligibility Home Health Quality Reporting Program: Get Final OASIS-E Instrument [...]
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Posting Date: 12/01/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter: December 1, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter: December 1, 2022 News CMS Urges Timely Patient Access to COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics Quality Payment Program: Preview Your Performance Information by December 20 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: CY 2023 [...]
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Posting Date: 11/23/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 23, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 23, 2022 News Colorectal Cancer Screening Test: Reduced Coinsurance for Related Procedures Begins January 1 Ambulance Fee Schedule: CY 2023 Inflation Factor & Productivity Adjustment Medicare [...]
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Posting Date: 09/07/2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: September 7, 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: September 7, 2023 News New Version of CMS.gov HHS Proposes Minimum Staffing Standards to Enhance Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes CMS Announces Resources and Flexibilities to Assist with [...]
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Posting Date: 09/14/2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: September 14, 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: September 14, 2023 News Inflation Reduction Act Continues to Lower Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for Drugs with Price Increases Above Inflation CMS Roundup (Sept 8, 2023) New Provider [...]
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Posting Date: 04/19/2022
Ambulatory Surgical Center Pass-Through Devices
Ambulatory Surgical Center Pass-Through Devices What is a Pass-Through Device? Pass-through status is determined for newly FDA-approved drug and device products on an individual basis. Drugs and devices qualifying for pass-through status [...]
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