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Posting Date: 12/12/2024
Intermittent Issues with NGSMedicare.com on 12/15/2024
Intermittent Issues with NGSMedicare.com on 12/15/2024 We will experience intermittent outages with NGSMedicare.com on Sunday, 12/15/2024 due to maintenance. NGSMedicare.com will be fully operational on Monday, 12/16/2024. We apologize for [...]
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Posting Date: 12/12/2024
Billing and Coding: Omalizumab
Billing and Coding: Omalizumab drug A52448 https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/view/article.aspx?articleid=52448 J2357
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Posting Date: 12/12/2024
HCPCS 82947 RTPs End-Stage Renal Dialysis Providers
As of 1/1/2024, Medicare has covered HbA1c tests for diabetic screening (HCPCS 82947) when billed with ICD-10 Z13.1. Some of these claims submitted by ESRD providers have been RTP'd in error.
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Posting Date: 12/12/2024
End Stage Renal Disease Claims Returning to Providers with Reason Code 31773
Due to an issue with the October 2024 release, ESRD facility claims, type of bill 72X, are RTPing in error.
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Posting Date: 12/20/2024
Part A Fall 2024 Virtual Conference Playback
Part A Fall 2024 Virtual Conference Playback As part of our efforts to educate our provider community, we have posted all 16 educational sessions from our recent Part A Fall 2024 Virtual Conference: Keeping Compliant with Medicare Starts [...]
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Posting Date: 12/20/2024
Attention FQHCs: Who Is Your MAC?
Attention FQHCs: Who Is Your MAC? National Government Services serves as the CMS Jurisdiction 6 and K MAC for FQHCs in 44 states, Washington D.C. and the five United States Territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto [...]
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Posting Date: 12/20/2024
What Is Fraud_Part A_B_FQHC_HHH
What Is Fraud? What Is Medicare Fraud? Medicare Fraud is intentionally submitting false information to a government contractor to receive money or a benefit by knowingly and willfully executing a scheme to defraud this health care benefit [...]
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Posting Date: 12/20/2024
What Is Abuse_Part A_B_FQHC_HHH
What Is Abuse? What Is Abuse? Abuse describes incidents or practices that are: not medically necessary as defined by Medicare guidelines; or inconsistent with accepted sound medical, business or fiscal practices. Abuse occurs when individuals [...]
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Posting Date: 12/20/2024
Fraud and Abuse_Part A_B_FQHC_HHH
Fraud & Abuse Fraud & Abuse Medicare fraud can cost the United States government hundreds of millions of dollars each year and the dollars lost increase the strain on the Medicare Trust Fund. CMS works with other government contractors and law [...]
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Posting Date: 12/20/2024
How Do I Report Suspected Fraud_Part A_B_FQHC_HHH
How Do I Report Suspected Fraud? How Do I Report Suspected Fraud? Table of Contents How Do I Report Suspected Fraud? Department of Health and Human Services OIG CMS Fraud Prevention Tools Instructions for Accessing the Medscape Modules [Return [...]
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