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Posting Date: 03/29/2016
Screen Movements
Chapter III: Navigating the Online System Screen Movements Purpose To move within the FISS/DDE Provider Online System, providers will perform several different screen movements. The following chart outlines the various screen [...]
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Posting Date: 08/18/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, August 18, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, August 18, 2022 Discontinuing Use of Certificates of Medical Necessity & Durable Medical Equipment Information Forms News CMS Discontinuing the Use of Certificates of Medical [...]
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Posting Date: 08/18/2022
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, August 18, 2022
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, August 18, 2022 Creating a Roadmap for the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency News Creating a Roadmap for the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Health Care System Resiliency [...]
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Posting Date: 12/09/2019
CMS Is Using Multi-Factor Authentication Process for Online Provider Enrollment System Applications
CMS Is Using Multi-Factor Authentication Process for Online Provider Enrollment System Applications CMS announced they utilize an MFA process for users of their Provider Enrollment Systems. MFA is a second layer of security used to [...]
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Posting Date: 08/21/2019
CMS to Begin Using MFA Process for Online Provider Enrollment System Applications
CMS to Begin Using MFA Process for Online Provider Enrollment System Applications CMS recently announced they will begin utilizing a MFA process for users of their Provider Enrollment Systems. MFA is a second layer of security used to [...]
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Posting Date: 09/10/2018
Credit Balance Report - CMS 838 (R3)
Chapter VII: Online Reports View Submenu (04) Credit Balance Report - CMS 838 (R3) Purpose Credit balance reporting is used to certify whether you have any outstanding monies owed to the Medicare Program. Part A providers submit credit [...]
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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 grace period to resubmit prior to [...]
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Posting Date: 08/05/2020
Practitioners - Are You Ordering Surgical Dressings for Your Patients?
Practitioners - Are You Ordering Surgical Dressings for Your Patients? In order for a DME supplier to provide surgical dressings to your patients, there are actions you can take to make sure that all the required supporting medical record [...]
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Posting Date: 04/22/2021
Provider Contact Center
Provider Contact Center Table of Contents Want to talk to us? Make the Most of Your Call Customer Care Representative Assistance Interactive Voice Response System NGSConnex Online Inquiry System Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) [...]
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Posting Date: 06/01/2018
Avoiding Reason Code 38200
Avoiding Reason Code 38200 Claims are rejected with reason code 38200 when the FISS finds a previously submitted billing transaction that is a duplicate of the recently submitted billing transaction where all of the following fields on the [...]
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Posting Date: 07/14/2024
Correcting Reason Code 37253
Correcting Reason Code 37253 To ensure home health claim information aligns with OASIS data, the iQIES OASIS claim data match is essential. If no matching assessment is found in iQIES when a claim is submitted, it will be returned with reason [...]
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Posting Date: 05/08/2023
Home Health Billing When a New MBI is Assigned
Home Health Billing When a New MBI is Assigned A patient’s MBI number is required on all home health billing submitted to Medicare. CMS will issue a new MBI when an original MBI may have been, or has been compromised. There are times a home [...]
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Posting Date: 11/21/2024
Incarcerated or Unlawfully Present in the U.S. Claim Rejections (U538H, U538Q)
Incarcerated or Unlawfully Present in the U.S. Claim Rejections (U538H, U538Q) This stringent claim editing process helps ensure that Medicare does not make payments for services rendered to beneficiaries who are not eligible due to being [...]
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Posting Date: 07/14/2024
Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model
Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model Overview The HHVBP Model is an initiative by CMS aimed at improving the quality of care provided by home health agencies while also fostering greater efficiency. It builds on the original [...]
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Posting Date: 12/05/2017
Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Services Under Home Health
Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Services Under Home Health Effective for services furnished on or after 1/1/2017, Medicare will make separate payment to HHAs for dNPWT services for patients under the home health benefit. NPWT [...]
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Posting Date: 10/22/2015
Hospice Documentation Tips
Hospice Documentation Tips Medicare coverage of hospice depends on a physician’s certification that an individual’s prognosis is a life expectancy of six months or less if the terminal illness runs its normal course. It is important that the [...]
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Posting Date: 10/04/2021
Documentation Requirements for the Medicare Hospice Election Statement
Documentation Requirements for the Medicare Hospice Election Statement Election of Hospice Hospice care is a benefit under the hospital insurance program. To be eligible to elect hospice care under Medicare, the beneficiary must be entitled [...]
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Posting Date: 07/24/2017
Home Health Therapy Billing
Home Health Therapy Billing Table of Contents Home Health Therapy Billing 32X TOB: Billing Therapy Under a Home Health Plan of Care Discipline Revenue Codes (UB-04 FLs 42-43) Discipline HCPCS Codes (UB-04 FL 44) Service Units [...]
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Posting Date: 05/02/2018
Filing an Electronic Notice of Cancelation (Type of Bill 8XD)
Filing an Electronic Notice of Cancelation (Type of Bill 8XD) Table of Contents Filing an Electronic Notice of Cancelation (Type of Bill 8XD) Steps to Cancel a NOE Steps to Cancel a Benefit Period Submitting the 8XD Related Content [...]
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Posting Date: 09/30/2021
Filing an Electronic Notice of Transfer (Type of Bill 8XC)
Filing an Electronic Notice of Transfer (Type of Bill 8XC) Table of Contents Filing an Electronic Notice of Transfer (Type of Bill 8XC) Correcting the Transfer Date on a Previous Submitted Notice of Transfer Related Content [Return to [...]
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