MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, May 14, 2026

News

• CMS Announces Early Adopters to Advance Solutions for Electronic Prior Authorization, Accelerating Momentum Ahead of 2027 Requirements
• CMS Announces Aggressive Nationwide Crackdown on Fraud with Six-Month Hospice & Home Health Agency Enrollment Moratoria
• Clinical Diagnostic Laboratories: Report Your Data Through July 31
• Care Compare: CY 2024 Doctors & Clinicians Preview Period Open until June 11
• CMS Identifies Participants in Mandatory Ambulatory Specialty Model
• National Mental Health Awareness Month

Compliance

• Remote Patient Monitoring: Use & Bill Correctly
• Suction Pumps: Prevent Claim Denials

Claims, Pricers & Codes

• Bone Growth Stimulators Reclassified as Class II Devices: Get Updated Billing Information

MLN Matters® Articles

• Acute Kidney Injury & ESRD Billing: Ending the AX Modifier Requirement - Revised

From Our Federal Partners

• 2026 Multi-country Hantavirus Cluster Linked to Cruise Ship