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Posting Date: 11/20/2020
VBID Hospice Benefit Component Information Now Available
VBID Hospice Benefit Component Information Now Available Beginning on January 1, 2021, CMS is testing the inclusion of the Part A Hospice Benefit within the MA benefits package through the Hospice Benefit Component of the Value-Based Insurance [...]
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Posting Date: 12/15/2020
Updates to Nursing and Allied Health Education Medicare Advantage Payment Policies
Updates to Nursing and Allied Health Education Medicare Advantage Payment Policies Change Request 11642 Revised 12/15/2020 Revised 12/1/2020 Posted 8/24/2020
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Posting Date: 09/17/2020
Updated Future Effective LCD and Article
Updated Future Effective LCD and Article Fluid Jet System Treatment for LUTS/BPH (L38367) The Fluid Jet System Treatment for LUTS/BPH is now considered medically reasonable and necessary for 30-150 cc- sized prostates when the Indications of [...]
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Posting Date: 08/21/2019
Ambulance Fee Schedule and Medicare Transports Booklet
Ambulance Fee Schedule and Medicare Transports Booklet A new Ambulance Fee Schedule and Medicare Transports Booklet is available. Learn about coverage, billing and payment for ground and air ambulance transport benefits. Posted 8/21/2019
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Posting Date: 10/09/2019
Medicare’s 2020 Open Enrollment: October 15–December 7
Medicare’s 2020 Open Enrollment: October 15–December 7 Medicare Patients May Have Questions - A State Health Insurance Assistance Program Can Help What is the State Health Insurance Assistance Program? A SHIP is a free insurance counseling [...]
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Posting Date: 09/27/2019
Local Coverage Determination and Article Revisions September-October 2019
Local Coverage Determination and Article Revisions September‒October 2019 All medical policies and related articles can be found on the NGS Medical Policy Center. Bevacizumab and Biosimilars - Related to LCD L33394 (A52370) Bevacizumab-awwb [...]
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Posting Date: 11/01/2019
Local Coverage Determination and Article Revisions October-November 2019
Local Coverage Determination and Article Revisions October‒November 2019 The medical policies and related articles can be found in our Medical Policy Center. Updates Billing and Coding: Molecular Pathology Procedures (A56199) Added [...]
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Posting Date: 11/25/2019
LCD and Article Revisions: November/December 2019
Local Coverage Determination and Article Revisions November–December 2019 LCDs and Articles Revised in November and December: B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Testing (L33573) Consistent with Change Request 10901, all coding information, [...]
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Posting Date: 09/13/2019
276 Claim Status Inquiry Near Real-Time Response
276 Claim Status Inquiry Near Real-Time Response We are excited to announce a process change for our Part A providers that will return a 277 Claim Status Inquiry Response in “near real time.” Beginning in October, 2019, we will return the 277 [...]
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Posting Date: 08/14/2019
Medicare Beneficiary Identifier Monthly Tip
Medicare Beneficiary Identifier Monthly Tip Are you receiving claim rejections because of an invalid beneficiary identifier? It could be that you are using the wrong characters on the MBI. The new Medicare number will not include the letters [...]
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