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Posting Date: 02/01/2021
April 2021 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File Hosts
April 2021 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File HostsFor the upcoming April 2021 Release:For Production, CWF will be observing the Gray Day on Thursday, 4/1/2021 and Dark Days starting Friday, 4/2/2021 through Sunday, 4/4/2021 to [...]
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Posting Date: 02/01/2021
Penalty for Requests for Anticipated Payments Received More Than Five Days Early
Penalty for Requests for Anticipated Payments Received More Than Five Days EarlyThere has been an issue identified in which the Home Health Pricer program is incorrectly applying a penalty to RAPs received more than five days earlier than the [...]
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Posting Date: 02/01/2021
Diabetes and Mental Health Awareness Policy Education Topics Are Available
Diabetes Awareness and Mental Health Awareness Policy Education Topics Are AvailableWe’ve enhanced our policy education web page to provide you with detailed information about Diabetes Awareness and Mental Health Awareness services.Did you know [...]
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Posting Date: 01/27/2021
2020 Calendar Year 1099 Form Information
2020 Calendar Year 1099 Form Information National Government Services will mail all 1099 Forms for calendar year 2020 by 1/31/2021.Medicare providers and beneficiaries, who are serviced by NGS regardless of their location, will receive a single [...]
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Posting Date: 01/27/2021
LCD and Article Updates for January and February 2021
LCD and Article Updates for January and February 2021Billing and Coding: Filgrastim, Pegfilgrastim, Tbo-filgrastim and biosimilars (A52408)HCPCS code Q5122 has been added to the "CPT/HCPCS Codes" section.Billing and Coding: Intravenous Immune [...]
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Posting Date: 01/13/2021
Chiropractors and Physical Therapists Billing Medicare for Therapy Services
Chiropractors and Physical Therapists Billing Medicare for Therapy ServicesIf a chiropractor or a physical therapist submits an “always therapy” code, they MUST submit the appropriate physical therapy modifier (GN, GO, GP) with the code.If the [...]
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Posting Date: 01/08/2021
New Documentation Requirements for Filing Medicare Cost Reports
New Documentation Requirements for Filing Medicare Cost ReportsAttention: The FY 2019 Medicare IPPS final rule changed the required supporting documentation that must be submitted with the Medicare cost report. CMS also published MLN Matters [...]
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Posting Date: 01/13/2021
COVID-19 Cost Report Due Date Extensions
COVID-19 Cost Report Due Date Extensions Due to updated instructions received from CMS relative to the COVID-19 public health emergency, and in [...]
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Posting Date: 11/03/2020
Caring for Medicare Patients is a Partnership
Caring for Medicare Patients is a PartnershipCaring and treating your patients is not something that is done within a silo for any practitioner. In order to provide the best possible service and the best medical outcome for any patient requires [...]
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Posting Date: 01/15/2021
IDM Go-Live Guidance for Providers using PS&R and/or MCReF
IDM Go-Live Guidance for Providers using PS&R and/or MCReFThe EIDM system that you use for accessing PS&R and MCReF is being replaced by the new IDM system on the weekend of 1/15/2021. Your account will be automatically converted from [...]
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