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Posting Date: 03/05/2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 5, 2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 5, 2020 Ambulance Fee Schedule, Transports & Data Collection MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 5, 2020 View this edition as a PDF News DMEPOS Suppliers: HCPCS Codes Affected by Further [...]
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Posting Date: 03/05/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Wednesday, March 4, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Wednesday, March 4, 2020 CMS Announces Actions to Address Spread of Coronavirus CMS calls on all health care providers to activate infection control practices and issues guidance to inspectors as they inspect [...]
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Posting Date: 04/07/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, April 7, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, April 7, 2020 COVID-19: Telehealth Video, Coinsurance and Deductible Waived, ASC Attestations, Ambulance Modifiers, Lessons From Front Lines, MLN Call Today New Video Available on Medicare Coverage [...]
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Posting Date: 04/06/2020
Pricing of HCPCS G2066 - Update
Pricing of HCPCS G2066 — Update On 3/12/2020 NGS posted an article on our website regarding a fee adjustment for HCPCS G2066 (Interrogation device evaluation(s), (remote) up to 30 days; implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor system, [...]
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Posting Date: 04/03/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, April 3, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, April 3, 2020 COVID-19: Telehealth Billing Correction, Nursing Home Recommendations, Billing for Multi-Function Ventilators, New ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Billing for Professional Telehealth [...]
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Posting Date: 04/02/2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 2, 2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 2, 2020 Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule Call — April 7 MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 2, 2020 View this edition as a PDF News IRF Provider Preview Reports: Review Your Data by [...]
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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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Posting Date: 04/17/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, April 17, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, April 17, 2020 COVID-19: RHC & FQHC Flexibilities, Increased Payment for Lab Tests, Hospital Waivers, Call Audio and Transcript RHC & FQHC Flexibilities During COVID-19 Public Health [...]
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Posting Date: 04/16/2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 16, 2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 16, 2020 3 Proposed Payment Rules MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 16, 2020 View this edition as a PDF News Hospice Payment Rate Update Proposed Rule for FY 2021 IPF Prospective [...]
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Posting Date: 04/15/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Wednesday, April 15, 2020
MLN Connects® for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 COVID-19: Reprocessing Hospital Claims, Essential Diagnostic Services, Non-Invasive Ventilators IPPS Hospitals, LTCHs: Reprocessing Claims for CARES Act Trump Administration Announces Expanded [...]
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Posting Date: 04/14/2020
Provider Compliance Tips for Nebulizers and Related Drugs Fact Sheet - Revised
Provider Compliance Tips for Nebulizers and Related Drugs Fact Sheet - Revised A revised Provider Compliance Tips for Nebulizers and Related Drugs Medicare Learning Network Fact Sheet is available. Learn about: coverage requirements [...]
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Posting Date: 04/14/2020
PWK Submission Reminders
PWK Submission Reminders National Government Services has identified several issues with PWK submissions from providers. We are issuing this article as a notification to alert provider offices to systems and processes that you may have in [...]
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Posting Date: 04/10/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, April 10, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, April 10, 2020 COVID-19: Infection Control, Maximizing Workforce, Updated Q&A, CS Modifier for Cost-Sharing, Payment Adjustment Suspended CMS Issues New Wave of Infection Control Guidance to [...]
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Posting Date: 04/09/2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 9, 2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 9, 2020 Important COVID-19 Updates MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 9, 2020 View this edition as a PDF News CMS Approves Approximately $34 Billion for Providers with the Accelerated/Advance [...]
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Posting Date: 06/03/2020
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing A/B MAC Task Force
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing A/B MAC Task Force The CERT A/B MAC Task Force goal is to educate providers on national issues of concern regarding improper payment errors and to reduce the national payment error rate by creating material [...]
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Posting Date: 06/01/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, June 1, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, June 1, 2020 COVID-19: Using the CR Modifier and DR Condition Code CMS revised MLN Matters Special Edition Article SE20011 on Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Response to the Public Health Emergency on [...]
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Posting Date: 05/29/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, May 29, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, May 29, 2020 New COVID-19 FAQs on Medicare Fee-for-Service Billing CMS released additional Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on our recent COVID-19-related waivers to help providers, including [...]
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Posting Date: 05/28/2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 28, 2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 28, 2020 COVID-19: Adjusting Operations to Manage Patient Surge MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 28, 2020 View this edition as a PDF News COVID-19: Adjusting Operations to Manage Patient Surge [...]
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Posting Date: 05/20/2020
Reminder: Billing and Coding for Implantable Automatic Defibrillators
Reminder: Billing and Coding for Implantable Automatic Defibrillators An implantable automatic defibrillator is an electronic device designed to diagnose and treat life threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias. When you use specific ICD-10-CM [...]
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Posting Date: 05/19/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, May 19, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, May 19, 2020 COVID-19: Payment for Lab Tests, Safely Reopening Nursing Homes, Lab & Ambulance Claims COVID-19: Payment for Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Trump Administration Issues Guidance to [...]
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Posting Date: 05/19/2020
Submission Requirements for Investigational Device Exemption Claims
Submission Requirements for Investigational Device Exemption Claims Effective for Category A and B IDE studies approved by the FDA on or after 1/1/2015, interested parties (i.e. study sponsors) seeking Medicare coverage must submit a request [...]
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Posting Date: 07/28/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, July 28, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, July 28, 2022 Enhanced Nursing Home Rating System News CMS Enhances Nursing Home Rating System with Staffing & Turnover Data Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Proposed Rule: Submit [...]
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Posting Date: 12/09/2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 9, 2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 9, 2019 HHAs: Get Help Registering for iQIES by December 23 Avoid payment delays. You need access to the upgraded Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) to submit [...]
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Posting Date: 12/10/2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, December 10, 2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Most HICN Claims Reject – Regardless of Date Service Use Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) now to avoid claim and eligibility transaction rejects. Starting January 1, 2020, [...]
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Posting Date: 12/12/2019
MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 12, 2019
MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 12, 2019 Quality Payment Program: Your MIPS Eligibility Status MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 12, 2019 View this edition as a PDF News Open Payments: Review and Dispute Data by [...]
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Posting Date: 12/12/2019
Livanta’s Memorandum of Agreement for Healthcare Providers
Livanta’s Memorandum of Agreement for Healthcare Providers As of 6/8/2019, Livanta is the new Medicare Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) for 27 states and territories, providing Medicare case [...]
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Posting Date: 12/12/2019
Livanta’s Memorandum of Agreement for Healthcare Providers
Livanta’s Memorandum of Agreement for Healthcare Providers As of 6/8/2019, Livanta is the new Medicare Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) for 27 states and territories, providing Medicare case [...]
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Posting Date: 12/16/2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 16, 2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 16, 2019 HHAs: Avoid Payment Delays, Register for iQIES Now Why register in the upgraded internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) by December 23? Claims that cannot be [...]
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Posting Date: 12/17/2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, December 17, 2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, December 17, 2019 New Medicare Card Transition Ends in 2 Weeks: Use MBIs Now to Get Paid January 1 The 21 month Medicare Beneficiary identifier (MBI) transition period ends in two weeks. Update your [...]
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Posting Date: 12/19/2019
MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 19, 2019
MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 19, 2019 MAC Operations: Provide Feedback at a Listening Session MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 19, 2019 View this edition as a PDF Editor's Note: Happy holidays from the MLN [...]
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Posting Date: 12/23/2019
LCD and Article Revisions: December 2019/January 2020
LCD and Article Revisions: December 2019/January 2020 The medical policies and related articles can be found in our Medical Policy Center. LCD Revised in December and January EEG – Ambulatory Monitoring (L33399) Due to annual CPT/HCPCs [...]
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