In This Issue

National Government Services Articles for Part A and Part B Providers

• Tobacco Cessation Counseling Doesn’t Have To Be Lengthy or Intimidating
• EDI Enrollment Spotlights Packet Completion Times
• Upcoming Change to the Response Transaction for Files Submitted for a Not Logged-In Trading Partner ID
• Get PECOS Access to Maintain Medicare Provider Enrollment Records
• Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting Announcement
• Medical Review: Targeted Probe and Educate Review Topics Updates
• Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment: A/B and DME Collaborative Presentation
• Provider Enrollment: Resumed Revalidation Activities
• Billing and Reimbursement for Penile Pressure Cuff
• Billing and Coding Article Updates for May and June 2023
• May 2023 Dark Days for CMS Data Center Migration – Rescheduled May 2023 Dark Days for Data Center Migration

National Government Services Articles for Part A Providers

• NGS Cost Report Submission Reminders
• Hospitals Must Correctly Assign Severe Malnutrition Diagnosis Codes to Inpatient Claims
• Accessing the NGS FISS DDE System
• New Fiscal Intermediary Shared System Consistency Edit to Validate Attending Physician National Provider Identifier

National Government Services Articles for Part B Providers

• Update to Dental Coverage 2023
• National Government Services: Raising Awareness about Care Management 
• New versus Established Patients
• Overpayment Rebuttal Process
• Proper Taxonomy Code for Ambulatory Surgical Center (for Jurisdiction 6 only) 

National Government Services Articles for Home Health and Hospice Providers

• Home Health Billing When a New MBI is Assigned

CMS MLN Connects® Weekly Provider eNews

• MLN Connects^® Newsletter for Thursday, May 25, 2023
• MLN Connects^® Newsletter for Thursday, May 18, 2023
• MLN Connects^® Newsletter for Thursday, May 11, 2023
• MLN Connects^® Newsletter for Thursday, May 4, 2023

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