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Posting Date: 04/13/2023
Top Tobacco Counseling Claim Denials and How to Avoid/Correct Them
Top Tobacco Counseling Claim Denials and How to Avoid/Correct Them Providers, are your claims being denied for tobacco counseling services utilizing codes 99406 and 99407? In order to assist our providers in getting claims processed [...]
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Posting Date: 04/14/2023
CR13105 - Technical Revisions Only to the National Coverage Determination (NCD) Manual
CR13105 - Technical Revisions Only to the National Coverage Determination (NCD) Manual
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Posting Date: 04/19/2023
Telehealth Frequently Asked Questions are Updated
Telehealth Frequently Asked Questions are Updated We’ve updated our telehealth frequently asked questions to include changes and flexibilities due to the end of the PHE on 5/11/2023. Please view these FAQs for the answers you need to common [...]
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Posting Date: 04/20/2023
Providers Using NGSConnex to Submit Appeals and Supporting Documentation
Providers Using NGSConnex to Submit Appeals and Supporting Documentation We strongly recommend our providers use NGSConnex to submit your redetermination requests and any supporting documentation. Please be aware that if you do not submit [...]
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Posting Date: 04/20/2023
Medicare University Continuing to Experience Intermittent Issues
Medicare University Continuing to Experience Intermittent Issues We are continuing to experience intermittent outages with Medicare University. You do not need to report these issues with Medicare University to our Provider Contact Center. We [...]
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Posting Date: 04/20/2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 20, 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 20, 2023 News Billing Medicare Part B for Insulin with New Limits on Patient Monthly Coinsurance Medical Review & Compliance: Respond to Additional Documentation Requests Hospice: [...]
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Posting Date: 04/14/2020
Hot Topics
Medicare Important Hot Topics Medicare and Coronavirus Medicare and Coronavirus – How to stay up-to-date! Medicare Beneficiary Fact Sheets Beneficiary Fact Sheets for Medicare Cost and Coverage Medicare Coverage Database The MCD [...]
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Posting Date: 07/01/2016
Introduction
Introduction The Congressional Affairs Outreach team at National Government Services, Inc. and our partners are committed to ensuring that congressional offices receive a timely response to all inquiries. For your convenience, National [...]
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Posting Date: 04/21/2023
LCD, Billing and Coding Article Updates for April and May 2023
LCD, Billing and Coding Article Updates for April and May 2023 Billing and Coding Article (A56937): Psychiatry and Psychology Services Removed sentence from article text section - “For psychotherapy sessions lasting 90 minutes or longer, the [...]
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Posting Date: 08/30/2021
Medicare Secondary Payer
Medicare Secondary Payer CMS transitioned COB activities for GHP and non-GHPs from the COBC and Non-GHP recovery functions from the BCRC to the new Medicare Secondary Payer Contractor. There will be no change to any of the COB processes under [...]
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Posting Date: 07/06/2021
Congressional Offices
Congressional Offices Home Communications Hot Topics MAC Directory Contacts Resources
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Posting Date: 08/02/2022
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, August 1, 2022
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, August 1, 2022 New CMS Rule Increases Payments for Acute Care Hospitals & Advances Health Equity, Maternal Health On August 1, CMS issued a final rule for inpatient and long-term care [...]
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Posting Date: 04/26/2023
EDI Enrollment Spotlights Packet Completion Times
EDI Enrollment Spotlights Packet Completion Times We ask that you allow seven – ten business days for processing of all requests. All requests are worked in the order in which they are received. Currently, our processing times are taking a [...]
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Posting Date: 04/27/2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 27, 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 27, 2023 News Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Updates For the First Time, HHS Is Making Ownership Data for All Medicare-Certified Hospice and Home Health Agencies Publicly Available [...]
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Posting Date: 04/26/2023
NGS Cost Report Submission Reminders
NGS Cost Report Submission Reminders We strongly encourage filing of the cost report via the Medicare Cost Report E‐Filing (MCReF) System. If the cost report is submitted via MCReF, it does not need to be mailed Cost Report submissions [...]
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Posting Date: 06/09/2021
Ways to Submit Requests
Ways to Submit Requests NGSConnex Part A: NGSConnex User Guide Part B: NGSConnex User Guide esMD Content type 8.5 Fax JK: 317-841-4530 J6: 317-841-4528 Mail National Government Services, Inc. [...]
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Posting Date: 05/04/2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 4, 2023
MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 4, 2023 News FAQs on CMS Waivers, Flexibilities, and the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Guidance for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency COVID-19 Over-the-Counter [...]
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Posting Date: 05/05/2023
New versus Established Patients
New versus Established Patients We’ve updated this frequently asked question based on recent clarification from CMS. Please clarify appropriate billing for outpatient/office services when a consulting provider has already performed a [...]
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Posting Date: 05/05/2023
Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment: A/B and DME Collaborative Presentation
Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment: A/B and DME Collaborative Presentation View the A/B and DME Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment YouTube video for information on oxygen. Posted 5/5/2023
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Posting Date: 05/08/2023
[URGENT] Part A DDE is Available!
[URGENT] Part A DDE is Available! Part A DDE is available and can be accessed by Part A, HHH and FQHC providers. The issue of providers not being able to sign is due to an unexpected change in the Data Center Menu options. Part A DDE [...]
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