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Articles Source Posted
Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Billing Webinar - 01/20/2026 Dec 10, 2025
Documentation Requirements Webinar - 01/29/2026 Dec 10, 2025
Quarterly Medicare Updates - A/B After Hours Webinar - 01/08/2026 Dec 10, 2025
Quarterly Medicare Updates Webinar - 01/06/2026 Dec 10, 2025
Enrollment Address Changes Dec 09, 2025
Harvesting Relief - Facet Joint Intervention for Pain Management - On-Demand Webinar Available Dec 09, 2025
Inappropriate Anesthesia Services Billed During Spinal Pain Procedures Dec 08, 2025
Top Enrollment Application Questions Webinar - 12/18/2025 Dec 04, 2025
Alert: Fraudulent Correspondence Targeting Medicare Providers Dec 04, 2025
Delayed: Prior Authorization Demonstration for Certain ASC Services Dec 04, 2025
Therapy Code List: 2026 Annual Update CR14250 Dec 04, 2025
MLN Connects - December 4, 2025 Dec 04, 2025
MLN Connects Special Edition: 2026 Medicare Participation Announcement | Home Health Final Rule - December 3, 2025 Dec 03, 2025
Attention Ambulance Suppliers and Providers Dec 02, 2025
Portal, IVR and Customer Service Limited Availability on January 2-4, 2026 Dec 02, 2025
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO) for Compromised Skin Grafts Dec 01, 2025
Outpatient Services for Hospice Patients: New Edit CR14219 Dec 01, 2025
MLN Connects - November 26, 2025 Dec 01, 2025
MLN Connects Special Edition: OPPS/ASC Final Payment Rule - November 24, 2025 Nov 24, 2025
Expedited Implementation of January 2026 NCCI PTP Edits for COVID Vaccine Administration Nov 21, 2025
MLN Connects Special Edition: Claims Processing Update | ESRD Final Payment Rule - November 21, 2025 Nov 21, 2025
DMEPOS Fee Schedule: October 2025 Quarterly Update - Revised CR14214 Nov 20, 2025
New Waived Tests CR14273 Nov 20, 2025
Hospital OPPS: October 2025 Update CR14223 Nov 20, 2025
ASC Payment System: October 2025 Update CR14246 Nov 20, 2025
MLN Connects - November 20, 2025 Nov 20, 2025
Billing and Coding: B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Testing (A57083)- R4 - Effective October 01, 2022 Nov 20, 2025
B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Testing (L35526) - R12 - Effective October 01, 2019 Nov 20, 2025
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Non-Next Generation Sequencing Tests for the Diagnosis of BCR-ABL Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (A59835) - R1 - Effective August 17, 2025 Nov 20, 2025
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Next-Generation Sequencing Lab-Developed Tests for Myeloid Malignancies and Suspected Myeloid Malignancies (A57891) - R9 - Effective February 10, 2020 Nov 20, 2025
Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care (A57954) - R20 - Effective October 1, 2025 Nov 20, 2025
Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation (PVA) for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture (VCF) (L34228) - R13 - Effective November 20, 2025 Nov 20, 2025
CWF Errors Leading to Claim Denials Related to Medicare Advantage (MA) Plan Enrollment Nov 19, 2025
2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Available Soon Nov 14, 2025
MLN Connects Special Edition: Medicare Participation Announcement for CY 2026: Decide by December 31 Nov 14, 2025
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Pharmacogenomics Testing (A57384) - R18 - Effective September 2, 2025 Nov 13, 2025
A/B MACs to Return Certain Telehealth and Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) Claims to Providers Nov 12, 2025
Medicare Reassignments: Understanding Their Importance Webinar - 12/02/2025 Nov 12, 2025
MLN Connects Special Edition: Update on Processing of Telehealth and Acute Hospital Care at Home Claims - November 7, 2025 Nov 07, 2025
Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) for Ischemic Heart Disease (A58095) - R4 - Effective January 01, 2024 Nov 06, 2025
Intraosseous Basivertebral Nerve Ablation (L39642) - R1 - Effective January 28, 2024 Nov 06, 2025
Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing (A58720) - R31 - Effective October 1, 2025 Nov 06, 2025
Policy Revision(s) for Multiple Billing and Coding Articles - Effective November 6, 2025 Nov 06, 2025
Policy Revision(s) for Local Coverage Determinations and Associated Billing and Coding Articles - Effective November 6, 2025 Nov 06, 2025
DMEPOS Fee Schedules and Labor Payment - 4th Quarter 2025 Updates Nov 04, 2025
MLN Connects - November 3, 2025 Nov 03, 2025
LCD Transurethral Waterjet Ablation of the Prostate - Effective December 14, 2025 Oct 30, 2025
Chest X-Ray L37547 - R5 - Effective November 01, 2019 Oct 30, 2025
Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care (A57954) - R18 - Effective October 1, 2025 Oct 30, 2025
Botulinum Toxins Type A and B Policy (L35170) - R15 - Effective October 1, 2019 Oct 30, 2025