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Posting Date: 02/17/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, February 17, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, February 17, 2022 Expanded Coverage: Lung Cancer Screening with Low Dose Computed Tomography News CMS Expands Coverage of Lung Cancer Screening with Low Dose Computed Tomography There’s Still Time [...]
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Posting Date: 02/18/2022
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, February 18, 2022
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, February 18, 2022 COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies: FDA Authorized Bebtelovimab On February 11, the FDA authorized the emergency use of the monoclonal antibody bebtelovimab for the treatment of [...]
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Posting Date: 02/24/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, February 24, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, February 24, 2022 CMS Released Skilled Nursing Facility & ESRD Web Pricers News Podiatry Nail Debridement & Evaluation and Management Services: Comparative Billing Report Skilled Nursing [...]
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Posting Date: 03/17/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, March 17, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, March 17, 2022 Kidney Health: Help Address Disparities News Medicare Shared Savings Program: Application Deadlines for January 1, 2023, Start Date Kidney Health: Help Address Disparities Claims, [...]
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Posting Date: 02/10/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, February 10, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, February 10, 2022 COVID-19: New HCPCS Code for Convalescent Plasma in Outpatient Setting News COVID-19: New HCPCS Code for Convalescent Plasma in Outpatient Setting Long-term Care Hospital [...]
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Posting Date: 01/20/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, January 20, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, January 20, 2022 COVID-19: Long-term Care, RHCs, & FQHCs News COVID-19: Vaccine Access in Long-term Care Settings There’s Still Time: Recommend the Flu Shot Chiropractic Treatment of [...]
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Posting Date: 03/03/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, March 3, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, March 3, 2022 2022 Payment, Quality & Policy Changes News Ambulance Prior Authorization Model Expands April 1 Nutrition-related Health Conditions: Recommend Medicare Preventive Services [...]
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Posting Date: 03/16/2022
Place of Service 10 for Telehealth Services Not for Medicare Billing
Place of Service 10 for Telehealth Services Not for Medicare Billing National Government Services is receiving calls from providers to our call center in regard to the usage of the new Place of Service 10 code. POS 10 was established [...]
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Posting Date: 12/07/2021
Provider Enrollment: Announcement About Medicare Participation for Calendar Year 2022
Provider Enrollment: Announcement About Medicare Participation for Calendar Year 2022 This announcement provides information that may be helpful to clinicians in determining whether to become a Medicare participating provider, or to continue [...]
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Posting Date: 02/04/2022
Provider Compliance Virtual Focus Group - February 24, 2022
Provider Compliance Virtual Focus Group - February 24, 2022 Thursday, 2/24/2022 from 1:00–4:00 p.m. ET Register by Friday, 2/18/2022 - Registration Closed How can CMS improve its processes and eliminate unnecessary requirements for [...]
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Posting Date: 02/08/2022
2022 Gap-Fill Request for Information
2022 Gap-Fill Request for Information 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 2022. The PAMA regulations instruct the MACs to establish [...]
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Posting Date: 01/28/2022
Home Health Bill Type 32A Returning With Reason Code U537I
Home Health Bill Type 32A Returning With Reason Code U537I CMS implemented HH TOB 32A for the NOA effective for period of care claims on or after 1/1/2022. The NOA is required for all HH period of care claim billing, including demand billing [...]
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Posting Date: 01/24/2022
2021 Calendar Year 1099 Form Information
2021 Calendar Year 1099 Form Information Medicare providers and beneficiaries, who are serviced by National Government Services, regardless of their location, will receive a single Part A and Part B combined Form 1099 from NGS for calendar [...]
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Posting Date: 01/21/2022
Transvenous Phrenic Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Central Sleep Apnea (L37929)
Transvenous Phrenic Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Central Sleep Apnea (L37929) Currently, National Government Services has LCD Transvenous Phrenic Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Central Sleep Apnea (L37929) as well as a Draft [...]
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Posting Date: 01/21/2022
How to Avoid Costly Appeals
How to Avoid Costly Appeals National Government Services has noticed an increase in requests for claim appeals. Upon review, we have found that many of the requests are not appropriate and/or necessary for a claim appeal submission. The [...]
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Posting Date: 05/07/2021
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, May 6, 2021
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, May 6, 2021 CMS Increases Medicare Payment for COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Infusions New payment policy for at-home administration As part of the ongoing response to address the COVID-19 [...]
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Posting Date: 12/07/2021
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 6, 2021
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 6, 2021 Provider Requirements Under the No Surprises Act Special ODF — December 8 Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. eastern time CMS will host a Special Open Door Forum [...]
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Posting Date: 06/04/2021
Medicare Part A and Part B Billing for the COVID-19 Vaccine and Monoclonal Antibody
Medicare Part A and Part B Billing for the COVID-19 Vaccine and Monoclonal Antibody Medicare Billing for COVID-19 Vaccine Shot Administration How to Bill for COVID-19 Shot Administration You’ll be able to bill on single claims for the [...]
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Posting Date: 01/11/2022
Home Health and Hospice December Educational Videos are Now Available On-Demand
Home Health and Hospice December Educational Videos are Now Available On-Demand The National Government Services Home Health and Hospice Provider Outreach & Education team “On-Demand Video Library” offers providers the ability to watch or [...]
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Posting Date: 01/11/2022
Removal of HCPCS Code
Removal of HCPCS Code Prior Authorization Update Effective immediately, for claims with dates of service on or after 1/7/2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is removing current procedural terminology code 67911 (correction [...]
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