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MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, December 11, 2025

News

• CMS Finalizes New DMEPOS Accreditation Provisions to Enhance Program Integrity
• Skilled Nursing Facilities: January 1 Revalidation Deadline Indefinitely Suspended
• Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals: Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports
• Institutional Provider Enrollment Application Fee: CY 2026
• Outpatient Prospective Payment System Drug Acquisition Cost Survey: Register & Create Your Account
• Home Intravenous Immune Globulin Items & Services: CY 2026 Rate Update
• Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly: Eligibility Response for Medicare Advantage Plan
• Information for Critical Access Hospitals

Compliance

• Skilled Nursing Facilities: Identify & Prevent Improper Part D Payments for Drugs

Claims, Pricers & Codes

• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act Waived Tests: Reprocessing Incorrectly Denied Claims
• Home Health Prospective Payment System Grouper: January Update

MLN Matters® Articles

• Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: 2026 Annual Update
• Federally Qualified Health Center & Intensive Outpatient Program Payment Rates: CY 2026 Update
• Long-Term Hospice Stay: New Edit to Prevent Overpayment
• Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance & Premium Rates: CY 2026 Update
• Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Summary: CY 2026
• Rural Health Clinic & Intensive Outpatient Program Payment Rates: CY 2026 Update

Publications & Multimedia

• Medicare Preventive Services - Revised

From Our Federal Partners

• First Reported Outbreak Caused by Marburg Virus in Ethiopia