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Medicare Secondary Payer: Don’t Deny Services & Bill Correctly CR13085 Mar 23, 2023
DMEPOS Fee Schedule: April 2023 Update CR13153 Mar 23, 2023
April 2023 I/OCE Specifications Version 24.1 CR13125 Mar 23, 2023
MLN Connects - March 23, 2023   Mar 23, 2023
Portal, IVR and Customer Service Limited Availability on March 31 - April 2, 2023   Mar 21, 2023
March Into Medicare Basics - Part A On-Demand Webinars Available   Mar 21, 2023
Instructions Relating to the Evaluation of Section 1115 Waiver Days in the Calculation of DSH Reimbursement CR12669 Mar 17, 2023
Implementation of CAA of 2023, Section 4143: Waiver of Cap on Annual Payments for Nursing and Allied Health Education Payments CR13122 Mar 17, 2023
Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Location and Certification-On-Demand Tutorial Available   Mar 17, 2023
MLN Connects - March 16, 2023   Mar 16, 2023
Holding Claims for Pricing Based on the April 2023 FISS Release   Mar 16, 2023
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Clinic Webinar - April 27, 2023   Mar 15, 2023
Notification of the 2023 Dollar Amount in Controversy Required to Sustain Appeal Rights for an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Hearing or Federal District Court Review   Mar 15, 2023
MLN Connects Newsletter: Inflation Reduction Act Tamps Down on Prescription Drug Price Increases Above Inflation - Mar 15, 2023   Mar 15, 2023
April 2023 Quarterly ASP Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files CR13044 Mar 15, 2023
Upload of Notice Program Reimbursement (NPR) Letters, Interim Rate Reviews, and Tentative Settlement Documentation into the STAR CR12748 Mar 13, 2023
Technical Revisions Only to the NCD Manual CR13105 Mar 10, 2023
Quarterly Medicare Updates - A/B - After Hours Webinar - April 6, 2023   Mar 10, 2023
Quarterly Medicare Updates - A/B Webinar - April 4, 2023   Mar 10, 2023
Resumption of Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Letters   Mar 10, 2023
Patient Driven Payment Model: Claim Edit Enhancements - Revised CR12896 Mar 09, 2023
National Coverage Determination: Cochlear Implantation CR13073 Mar 09, 2023
Extension of Changes to the Low-Volume Hospital Payment Adjustment & the MDH Program CR13103 Mar 09, 2023
Quarterly Update to the MPFSDB - April 2023 Update CR13092 Mar 09, 2023
MLN Connects - March 9, 2023   Mar 09, 2023
Provider Enrollment Changes and Revalidations Webinar - April 12, 2023   Mar 08, 2023
Provider Notice - Dental Services, March 2023   Mar 03, 2023
Billing and Coding: JW and JZ Modifier Billing Guidelines (A53024) - R6 - Effective January 10, 2023   Mar 02, 2023
Billing and Coding: Complex Drug Administration Coding (A58532) - R12 - Effective January 01, 2023   Mar 02, 2023
MLN Connects - March 2, 2023   Mar 02, 2023
Billing and Coding: Routine Dental Services Article Retirement - January 1, 2023   Mar 02, 2023
Top Denials and Solutions Webinar - March 28, 2023   Feb 28, 2023
MLN Connects Newsletter: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) New Overview Fact Sheet - Feb 27, 2023   Feb 27, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment (A57037) - R5 - Effective January 01, 2023   Feb 27, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Next-Generation Sequencing Lab-Developed Tests for Myeloid Malignancies and Suspected Myeloid Malignancies (A57891) - R5 - Effective January 01, 2023   Feb 27, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Diagnostic Tests (MDT) (A57526) - R10 - Effective January 01, 2023   Feb 24, 2023
Public Health Emergency (PHE) 1135 Waivers: Updated Guidance for Providers   Feb 24, 2023
Skilled Nursing Facility Patient Driven Payment Model PT and OT Functional Score - On-Demand Tutorial Available   Feb 24, 2023
MLN Connects Newsletter: Public Health Emergency 1135 Waivers: Updated Guidance for Providers - Feb 23, 2023   Feb 23, 2023
MLN Connects - February 23, 2023   Feb 23, 2023
ICD-10 & Other Coding Revisions to NCDs: July 2023 Update CR13070 Feb 16, 2023
HCPCS Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing: April 2023 Update CR13089 Feb 16, 2023
MLN Connects - February 16, 2023   Feb 16, 2023
CMS Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Alert   Feb 14, 2023
Prior Authorization (PA) for Facet Joint Intervention   Feb 14, 2023
COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies and Their Administration Codes RTP in Error - Resolved 02/13/23 Alert Feb 10, 2023
Multiple Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) - Published for Review and Comments   Feb 10, 2023
Open Meeting Announcement - Multiple Proposed Local Coverage Determinations - March 9, 2023   Feb 10, 2023
Critical Access Hospital Method II - On-Demand Tutorials Available   Feb 10, 2023
MLN Connects Newsletter: Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program Guidance - February 9, 2023   Feb 09, 2023
Rural Health Clinic & Federally Qualified Health Center Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Update CR13063 Feb 09, 2023
Removal of a NCD & Expansion of Coverage of CRC CR13017 Feb 09, 2023
New Payment Adjustments for Domestic N95 Respirators CR13052 Feb 09, 2023
CLFS Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment: Quarterly Update CR13082 Feb 09, 2023
Internet-Only Manual (IOM) Updates for NPs and CNSs CR13029 Feb 09, 2023
Manual Update Pub. 100-02 Medicare Benefit Policy, Chapter 15, Section 110.8 DMEPOS Benefit Category Determinations CR13028 Feb 09, 2023
MLN Connects - February 9, 2023   Feb 09, 2023
Provider Enrollment: Regulatory Changes CR12865 Feb 02, 2023
Update to the FQHC PPS for Calendar Year (CY) 2023 CR12961 Feb 02, 2023
2023 Annual Update of Per-Beneficiary Threshold Amounts CR12923 Feb 02, 2023
MLN Connects - February 2, 2023   Feb 02, 2023
Billing and Coding: Artificial Hearts and Percutaneous Endovascular Cardiac Assist Procedures and Devices (A52966) - R14 - Effective October 1, 2022   Feb 01, 2023
2022 1099 Tax Forms Available on NMP   Feb 01, 2023
Modifiers JW and JZ for Use with Drugs and Biologicals in Single-Use Containers   Jan 31, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Minimal Residual Disease Testing for Solid Tumor Cancers (A58454) - R3 - Effective January 01, 2023   Jan 30, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Next-Generation Sequencing for Solid Tumors (A57901) - R3 - Effective January 01, 2023   Jan 30, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Know error (A55274) - R3 - Effective January 01, 2023   Jan 30, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Minimal Residual Disease Testing for Hematologic Cancers (A58996) - R2 - Effective January 01, 2023   Jan 30, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Repeat Germline Testing (A57331) - R5 - Effective January 01, 2023   Jan 30, 2023
Hospitals: Revised Beneficiary Notices Required April 27   Jan 27, 2023
Reducing Appeal and Written Correspondence Workload - Appeals Newsletter Part 3   Jan 26, 2023
Billing and Coding: Botulinum Toxin Types A and B Policy (A57185) - R4 - Effective October 01, 2019   Jan 26, 2023
MLN Connects - January 26, 2023   Jan 26, 2023
Implementation of REH Provider Type CR12820 Jan 24, 2023
National and Local Coverage Determinations Webinar - February 14, 2023   Jan 23, 2023
Billing and Coding: JW Modifier Billing Guidelines (A53024) - R5 - Effective January 10, 2023   Jan 23, 2023
System Availability Notifications   Jan 20, 2023
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Billing Webinar - February 15, 2023   Jan 20, 2023
DMEPOS: Updates to Face-to-Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery List   Jan 19, 2023
New Medicare Part B Immunosuppressant Drug Benefit - Revised CR12804 Jan 19, 2023
April 2023 Update to the MS-DRG Grouper and MCE Version 40.1 for the ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes for Collection of HRSNs and New ICD-10 PCS Codes CR13034 Jan 19, 2023
Medicare A News JE January 2023 Bulletin - Now Available   Jan 19, 2023
MLN Connects - January 19, 2023   Jan 19, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Plasma-Based Genomic Profiling in Solid Tumors (A58973) - R1 - Effective January 01, 2023   Jan 18, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Genetic Testing for BCR-ABL Negative Myeloproliferative Disease (A57421) - R8 - Effective January 01, 2023   Jan 18, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Diagnostic Tests (MDT) (A57526) - R9 - Effective January 01, 2023   Jan 18, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: myPap (A55292) - R4 - Effective January 1, 2023   Jan 12, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: SMPD1 Genetic Testing (A55627) - R5 - Effective January 01, 2023   Jan 12, 2023
National Coverage Determination 110.24: Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy - Revised CR12928 Jan 12, 2023
ESRD & Acute Kidney Injury Dialysis: CY 2023 Updates - Revised CR12978 Jan 12, 2023
Travel Allowance Fees for Specimen Collection: 2023 Updates CR13071 Jan 12, 2023
MLN Connects - January 12, 2023   Jan 12, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Minimal Residual Disease Testing for Solid Tumor Cancers (A58454) - R2 - Effective October 1, 2022   Jan 11, 2023
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Pharmacogenomics (A57384) - R7 - Effective December 07, 2022   Jan 11, 2023
MLN Connects - January 9, 2023 - CMS Awards 200 New Medicare-funded Residency Slots to Hospitals Serving Underserved Communities   Jan 09, 2023
MLN Connects - January 5, 2023   Jan 05, 2023
2023 Annual Update of HCPCS Codes for SNF CB Update CR12829 Jan 04, 2023
Additional Documentation Requests (ADR) and Appeals - Appeals Newsletter Part 2   Jan 04, 2023
How to Submit Successful Appeals, or Reopenings - Appeals Newsletter Part 1   Jan 04, 2023
PECOS Application Data Entry Webinar - March 1, 2023   Jan 03, 2023