Article Detail - JF Part B

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, December 18, 2025

News

• MAHA ELEVATE Brings Lifestyle Medicine to Original Medicare
• Outpatient Prospective Payment System Drug Acquisition Cost Survey: Are You Prepared?
• Information for Critical Access Hospitals

Compliance

• Acute Care Hospital Outpatient Services for Hospice Enrollees: Reduce Improper Payments

Claims, Pricers & Codes

• Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly: Claims Processing Updates Effective July 1, 2026
• Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing: CY 2026 HCPCS Codes

Events

• Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals: PEPPER Webinar - January 6

MLN Matters® Articles

• Adding Extravascular Defibrillator Codes to National Coverage Determination 20.4: Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators
• Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy Claims: End of Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy & KX Modifier Requirement
• Home Health Prospective Payment System: CY 2026 Rate Update
• ICD-10 & Other Coding Revisions to National Coverage Determinations: April 2026 Update
• Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System: FY 2026 Updates

Publications & Multimedia

• Medicare Provider Compliance Tips - Revised Webpage