MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, January 6, 2022

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, January 6, 2022 Provider Compliance Product List Updated   News COVID-19 Vaccine Access in Long-term Care Settings SNF VBP: Nominate Technical Expert Panel Members by January 16 COVID-19 [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, January 13, 2022

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, January 13, 2022 COVID-19: Long-term Care, Remdesivir, & Booster Doses   News COVID-19: Updated Materials for Visiting Nursing Homes During Omicron Surge COVID-19: Vaccine Access in [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, January 27, 2022

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, January 27, 2022 COVID-19: Tools to Determine if Vaccine Requirements Apply   News COVID-19: Tools to Determine if Vaccine Requirements Apply COVID-19 Vaccine Codes: Pfizer Pre-Diluted Vaccine [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, March 10, 2022

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, March 10, 2022 COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies: Revised Emergency Use Authorization for EVUSHELD News COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies: Revised Emergency Use Authorization for EVUSHELD Program for [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, March 31, 2022

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, March 31, 2022 Continuous Glucose Monitor: Provide Supplies for a Calendar Month News Home Health Providers: Services Provided Data for April 2022 Refresh Continuous Glucose Monitor: Provide [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, April 7, 2022

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, April 7, 2022 Improve the Health of Minority Populations with Covered Preventive Services News Fiscal Year 2021 Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports Preventive Services & [...]

MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, April 11, 2022

MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, April 11, 2022 HHS Takes Actions to Promote Safety & Quality in Nursing Homes On April 11, CMS issued its FY 2023 SNF PPS proposed rule, which includes asking for public feedback on how staffing [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, April 14, 2022

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, April 14, 2022 COVID-19: New Codes for Moderna Vaccine Booster Doses News Launch of the Cross-Cutting Initiatives Value-Based Insurance Design Model: Medicare Advantage Organizations Pay for [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, April 21, 2022

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, April 21, 2022 Medicare Provider Compliance News News Hospice Quality Reporting Program: Key Dates & Measure Change Ambulance Ground Transport: Comparative Billing Report in April Hospices: [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, April 28, 2022

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, April 28, 2022 Get Patient Eligibility Information for Additional Services News Patient Eligibility Information for Additional Services — Now Available Physicians, Teaching Hospitals, Physician [...]

U537F Assigning in Error On Some Notices of Admission

National Government Services has identified an issue where U537F is assigning incorrectly on some NOAs, due to the CWF not correctly recognizing discharges (patient status other than 30 on the last HH period). There is no workaround. Please [...]

MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, September 9, 2021

MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, September 9, 2021 Biden-Harris Administration to Expand Vaccination Requirements for Health Care Settings New action will protect patients of the 50,000 providers and over 17 million health care [...]

Important Information on How to Resolve NGSConnex Account Suspensions

Important Information on How to Resolve NGSConnex Account Suspensions If you are an NGSConnex user and not the LSO for your provider organization and your NGSConnex account has been suspended for one of the following reasons, you must contact [...]

Hospice Levels of Care: Routine Home Care

Hospice Levels of Care: Routine Home Care There are four levels of care in the Medicare hospice benefit. Hospices are paid a per diem rate based on the number of days and level of care provided during the election period. The four levels of [...]

New Medical Review Frequently Asked Questions

New Medical Review Frequently Asked Questions We’ve added Medical Review Frequently Asked Questions to our website. Visit our Help and FAQs web page for common questions and answers related to Medical Review and other topics including: EDI, [...]

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Registration is Open for the National Government Services Medicare Fall 2021 Virtual Conference!

Registration is Open for the National Government Services Medicare Fall 2021 Virtual Conference! The National Government Services POE Team is holding our latest bi-annual virtual conference on Tuesday, 11/9/2021 and Wednesday, 11/10/2021. This [...]

National Government Services Medicare Fall 2021 Virtual Conference

National Government Services Medicare Fall 2021 Virtual Conference The National Government Services POE Team's biannual virtual conference is scheduled for Tuesday, 11/9/2021 and Wednesday, 11/10/2021. This two full-day virtual conference [...]

Save Time and Money by Submitting your Appeals (Reopenings & Redeterminations) Electronically

Save Time and Money by Submitting your Appeals (Reopenings & Redeterminations) Electronically Two easy ways to submit. National Government Services will now allow Medicare Part A and Part B providers to submit claim appeal requests, [...]

Improving Customer Experience in 2021

Improving Customer Experience in 2021 We are committed to improving your experience. Please watch this two-minute video that explains how each day we review comments from providers who submit surveys to let us know what is working well and how [...]