MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, September 3, 2026

News

• Arkansas: $149.3M to Expand Telehealth & Increase Access to Specialty Care and Preventive Screenings
• Georgia: $93.3M to Expand Telehealth Services, Advance Surgical Robotics & Transform Rural Health Care Access
• Hawaii: $58M to Deliver New Ambulances & Upgrade Emergency Communications Systems
• Virginia: $122M to Expand Health Care Access, Workforce & Innovation
• ColoSense™ Colorectal Cancer Screening Test: HETS Update Coming in January
• DMEPOS Benefit Category Determinations

Fraud, Waste & Abuse

• CMS Prevents $1.6B in Fraudulent Medicare Laboratory Payments

Compliance

• Oral Anticancer & Antiemetic Drugs Prevent Claim Denials

Claims, Pricers & Codes

• Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database: October Update
• National Correct Coding Initiative: October Update

Events

• PEPPER Updates for Home Health Agencies & Partial Hospitalization Programs Webinar – September 24

MLN Matters® Articles

• HCPCS Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facilities Consolidated Billing Enforcement: October 2026 Quarterly Update
• National Coverage Determination 210.3: Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests – Non-Invasive Biomarker Testing

Publications & Multimedia

• Original Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage – Revised