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Posting Date: 03/31/2020
COVID-19 Cost Report Due Date Extensions
COVID-19 Cost Report Due Date Extensions Due to instructions received from CMS relative to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in accordance with 42CFR§413.24(f)(2)(ii), the due date for submission of any Medicare cost report with an original due date [...]
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Posting Date: 03/31/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, March 31, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, March 31, 2020 COVID-19: Regulatory Changes, Telehealth Billing, and Specimen Collection Codes Trump Administration Makes Sweeping Regulatory Changes to Help U.S. Health Care System Address [...]
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Posting Date: 03/30/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, March 30, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, March 30, 2020 COVID-19: Financial Relief, Nursing Home Telehealth, Quality Reporting, Clinical Laboratories, Hospital Data Sharing Trump Administration Provides Financial Relief for [...]
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Posting Date: 03/26/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, March 26, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, March 26, 2020 COVID-19: Enrollment Relief, Open Payments, Beneficiary Notices 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Medicare Provider Enrollment Relief Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Frequently [...]
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Posting Date: 03/25/2020
[Update] President Trump Expands Telehealth Benefits for Medicare Beneficiaries During COVID-19 Outbreak; CMS Outlines New Flexibilities Available to People with Medicare
[Update] President Trump Expands Telehealth Benefits for Medicare Beneficiaries During COVID-19 Outbreak; CMS Outlines New Flexibilities Available to People with Medicare On 3/17/2020, CMS announced that FFS Medicare is expanding coverage for [...]
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Posting Date: 03/23/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, March 20, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, March 20, 2020 COVID-19: Telehealth and Non-Essential Procedures Medicare FFS Response to the Public Health Emergency on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) — Revised COVID-19 Elective Surgeries and [...]
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Posting Date: 05/07/2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 7, 2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 7, 2020 More COVID-19 Updates MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 7, 2020 View this edition as a PDF News CMS Announces Independent Commission to Address Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes Home [...]
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Posting Date: 05/01/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, April 30, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, April 30, 2020 COVID-19: Second Round of Sweeping Changes, RHC & FQHC Flexibilities, EMTALA New and Expanded Flexibilities for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health [...]
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Posting Date: 04/21/2020
HCPCS Codes U0003 and U0004 for COVID Testing
HCPCS Codes U0003 and U0004 for COVID Testing In the 4/15/2020 press release, CMS Increases Medicare Payment for High-Production Coronavirus Lab Tests, CMS announced a higher payment for certain laboratory tests where the technology used for [...]
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Posting Date: 04/20/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, April 20, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, April 20, 2020 COVID-19: Nursing Home Transparency, Recommendations for Areas with Low Incidence of Disease Trump Administration Announces New Nursing Homes COVID-19 Transparency Effort CMS [...]
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