Revised Coverage Policies for Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management

Revised Coverage Policies for Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management FUTURE Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management (L35936) Billing and Coding: Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management [...]

The Great American Smokeout is Thursday 11/16/2023 - Let's Talk About Tobacco Counseling

The Great American Smokeout is Thursday 11/16/2023 - Let's Talk About Tobacco Counseling Do you treat Medicare beneficiaries/patients who are nicotine dependent? Did you know Medicare has a preventive service for tobacco cessation that allows [...]

JK Applying for an Extended Repayment Schedule

Phonetic Alphabet

table, td, th table { border-collapse: collapse; width: 50%; } Phonetic Alphabet To assist you when speaking terms that are alpha-numeric, we have implemented the phonetic alphabet. When speaking an alpha character, please use the [...]

Announcement About Medicare Participation for Calendar Year 2024

Announcement About Medicare Participation for Calendar Year 2024 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted the Announcement About Medicare Participation for Calendar Year 2024. Posted 11/14/2023

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]