MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, April 23, 2026

News

• 2026 CMS Interoperability Standards & Prior Authorization Proposed Rule Resources
• Updated Behavioral Health Strategy
• Clinical Diagnostic Laboratories: Get Ready to Report Starting Next Week
• HETS Action Required: Enroll Third-Party Vendors for Access by May 11
• Open Payments: Review Your Data by May 15
• Hospice Levels of Care & How to Bill for Service Intensity Add-On Payments
• Hospitals: Accurately Report Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Acquisition Costs

Compliance

• Lower Limb Orthoses: Prevent Claim Denials

Claims, Pricers & Codes

• Vaccine Coding for Institutional Claims: Reporting Condition Code A6
• HCPCS Application Summaries & Coding Determinations: Drugs & Biologicals

Events

• HCPCS Public Meeting - June 1-2

MLN Matters® Articles

• Low-Volume Hospital Payment Adjustment & the Medicare-Dependent Hospital Program: FY 2026 Extensions

Publications & Multimedia

• Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Data Collection & Reporting Webinar Recording
• Medicare Preventive Services - Revised