MLN Connects® Newsletter: September 14, 2023

News

• Inflation Reduction Act Continues to Lower Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for Drugs with Price Increases Above Inflation
• CMS Roundup (Sept 8, 2023)
• New Provider Types 2024: Marriage and Family Therapists & Mental Health Counselors
• PECOS 2.0 Is Coming Soon
• Medicare Secondary Payer: Are You Getting Diagnosis Codes?
• Social Determinants of Health: Collect Data with ICD-10-CM Z Codes
• ESRD: Submitting Dialysis Claims That Include Capital Related Assets Eligible for the TPNIES
• Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database: October Update
• Prostate Cancer:  Encourage Your Patients to Get Screened

Claims, Pricers, & Codes

• National Correct Coding Initiative: October Update
• Integrated Outpatient Code Editor: Version 24.3

MLN Matters® Articles

• Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System: October 2023 Update
• DMEPOS Fee Schedule: October 2023 Quarterly Update
• Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System: October 2023 Update

Publications & Multimedia

• Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model: Updated Resource & Event Materials

Posted 9/14/2023