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Posting Date: 07/23/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, July 23, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, July 23, 2020 Trump Administration Announces New Resources to Protect Nursing Home Residents Against COVID-19 As part of the unprecedented efforts taken by the Trump Administration, President [...]
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Posting Date: 12/03/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, December 3, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, December 3, 2020 COVID-19 Antibody Treatment and Enforcement Discretion Reminder COVID-19 Vaccines and Monoclonal Antibody Infusion: Enforcement Discretion Relating to SNF Consolidated Billing [...]
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Posting Date: 12/11/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, December 10, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, December 10, 2020 CMS Proposes New Rules to Address Prior Authorization and Reduce Burden on Patients and Providers On December 10, under President Trump’s leadership, CMS issued a proposed rule [...]
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Posting Date: 07/07/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, July 6, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, July 6, 2020 ESRD PPS CY 2021 Proposed Rule; COVID-19: New and Expanded Flexibilities for RHCs & FQHCs ESRD PPS CY 2021 Proposed Rule COVID-19: New and Expanded Flexibilities for RHCs [...]
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Posting Date: 12/28/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 28, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 28, 2020 Medicare FFS Claims: 2% Payment Adjustment (Sequestration) Suspended Through March The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act suspended the payment adjustment [...]
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Posting Date: 12/15/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 14, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 14, 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Codes: Updated Effective Date for Pfizer-BioNTech On December 11, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for [...]
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Posting Date: 04/27/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, April 27, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, April 27, 2020 CMS Reevaluates Accelerated Payment Program and Suspends Advance Payment Program On April 26, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is reevaluating [...]
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Posting Date: 09/21/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, September 18, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, September 18, 2020 New COVID-19 Nursing Home Visitation Guidance, Kidney Disease Care Model, & Radiation Oncology Payment Model CMS Announces Transformative New Model of Care for Medicare [...]
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Posting Date: 09/11/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, September 11, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, September 11, 2020 Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Model The CMS Innovation Center announced the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model. The approximately 57 [...]
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Posting Date: 10/16/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, October 16, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, October 16, 2020 Enforcement Discretion Relating to Certain Pharmacy Billing The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) appreciates its long-standing partnership with immunizers, [...]
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Posting Date: 05/08/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, May 8, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, May 8, 2020 COVID-19: Nursing Home Reporting, Updated Telehealth Video, Pharmacies & Other Suppliers Can Enroll as Labs, IRF Flexibilities New Guidance Available on Requirements for [...]
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Posting Date: 05/18/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, May 15, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, May 15, 2020 COVID-19: Deadlines, New Releases, and Important Calls COVID-19: Office Hours Call — May 21 COVID-19: Lessons from the Front Lines Call — May 22 Deadline Approaching: [...]
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Posting Date: 12/10/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Wednesday, December 9, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Wednesday, December 9, 2020 In Case You Missed It: CMS Announces Guidance for Medicare Coverage of COVID-19 Antibody Treatment On December 9, CMS posted updates to FAQs and an infographic about coverage and [...]
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Posting Date: 12/02/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Wednesday, December 2, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Wednesday, December 2, 2020 Trump Administration Finalizes Policies to Give Medicare Beneficiaries More Choices around Surgery Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center final rule [...]
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Posting Date: 10/28/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, October 27, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, October 27, 2020 New CMS Proposals Streamline Medicare Coverage, Payment, and Coding for Innovative New Technologies and Provide Beneficiaries with Diabetes Access to More Therapy Choices Durable [...]
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Posting Date: 11/11/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, November 10, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Coverage Available at No Cost to Beneficiaries Across Variety of Settings in Health Care System CMS announced that starting November 10, Medicare beneficiaries can receive coverage [...]
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Posting Date: 05/12/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, May 12, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, May 12, 2020 COVID-19: Additional Waivers, Price Transparency, and CMS Letter to Nursing Homes CMS Releases Additional Waivers for Hospitals and Other Facilities Price Transparency: [...]
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Posting Date: 12/22/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, December 22, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, December 22, 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Codes: Updated Effective Date for Moderna On December 18, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Moderna [...]
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Posting Date: 12/02/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, December 1, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, December 1, 2020 Permanent Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services and Improved Payment for Time Doctors Spend with Patients On December 1, CMS released the annual Physician Fee [...]
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Posting Date: 08/05/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, August 4, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, August 4, 2020 PFS, OPPS, and IRF: FY 2021 Payment Rules Trump Administration Proposes to Expand Telehealth Benefits Permanently for Medicare Beneficiaries Beyond the COVID-19 Public Health [...]
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