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Posting Date: 05/09/2024
Get Your PS&R Reports
The PS&R report is a tool used by Part A providers and MACs to prepare and process Medicare cost reports. Table of Contents Register to Receive the PS&R Report Instructions on How to Use Redesign Detail Reports [Return to Top] [...]
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Posting Date: 05/09/2024
Request a Due Date Extension
It may be necessary to request an extension for your cost report due date because of an extraordinary circumstance. An example of an extraordinary circumstance would be a flood or fire that forces a provider to cease operations and transfer [...]
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Posting Date: 05/09/2024
Request a Due Date Extension
It may be necessary to request an extension for your cost report due date because of an extraordinary circumstance. An example of an extraordinary circumstance would be a flood or fire that forces a provider to cease operations and transfer [...]
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Posting Date: 05/09/2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 9, 2024
MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 9, 2024 News HHS Releases New Data Showing Over 10 million People with Medicare Received a Free Vaccine Because of the President’s Inflation Reduction Act; Releases Draft Guidance for the Second Cycle of [...]
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Posting Date: 01/18/2022
Submission of a Medicare Cost Report Reopening Request
Submission of a Medicare Cost Report Reopening Request In accordance with CMS policy (42 Code of Federal Regulations 405.1885 and CMS IOM Publication 15-1, The Provider Reimbursement Manual, Section 2931), a provider may request a reopening of [...]
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Posting Date: 03/22/2024
Hospice Certifying Physician Medicare Enrollment Information
Hospice Certifying Physician Medicare Enrollment Information Under CMS' current regulations, the hospice medical director or the physician member of the hospice interdisciplinary group (the “hospice physician”) and the attending physician (if [...]
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Posting Date: 05/09/2024
Request an Accelerated Payment
Medicare Part A guidelines provide for accelerated payments under highly exceptional circumstances. Accelerated payment criteria and eligibility requirements are outlined in the CMS Paper-Based Manuals Publication 15-1, Medicare Provider [...]
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Posting Date: 05/09/2024
Request an Interim Rate Adjustment
When requesting an interim rate adjustment, it's important to submit your interim financial data to National Government Services using the appropriate Interim Rate Review Documentation Request Form. These forms are designed to capture important [...]
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Posting Date: 05/09/2024
Request an Interim Rate Adjustment
When requesting an interim rate adjustment, it's important to submit your interim financial data to National Government Services using the appropriate Interim Rate Review Documentation Request Form. These forms are designed to capture important [...]
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Posting Date: 08/30/2021
CMS Medicare Administrative Contractor Information
CMS Medicare Administrative Contractor Information Note: Please do not include PHI such as Medicare numbers within emails. Navigation [Part A] [Part B] [DME MAC] [Federally Qualified Health Center] [Home [...]
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Posting Date: 01/12/2023
Physicians: Are You Ordering Knee Orthosis for Your Patients?
Physicians: Are You Ordering Knee Orthosis for Your Patients? This is your opportunity to hear directly from the Medicare contractors regarding documentation required for the coverage criteria to be met. You’ll also learn how to help your [...]
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Posting Date: 08/15/2022
Staying Up To Date on Vaccines
Staying Up To Date on Vaccines It's important to stay up to date on vaccines. Vaccines protect your patients from serious illness and can keep them out of the hospital. Talk with your patients about which vaccines may be right for them, many [...]
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Posting Date: 05/09/2024
File an Amended Cost Report
Table of Contents File an Amended Cost Report Timeframe to Amend the Medicare Cost Report [Return to Top] File an Amended Cost Report A provider may elect to submit an amended cost report subsequent to the initial filing. The Centers [...]
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Posting Date: 05/09/2024
File an Amended Cost Report
A provider may elect to submit an amended cost report subsequent to the initial filing. The CMS Medicare Paper-Based Manuals Publication 15-1, Provider Reimbursement Manual—Part I, Chapter 29 Section 2931.2A, allows the Medicare Administrative [...]
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Posting Date: 05/09/2024
Prepare and Submit a Cost Report
Table of Contents Prepare and Submit a Cost Report Submit Cost Report Documentation MCReF Other Electronic Media Formats Electronic Filing Requirements and List of Vendors Approved XML IRIS Vendors Home [...]
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Posting Date: 10/07/2010
Contacting Medicare
Contacting Medicare Medicare constituents (or People with Medicare) can have their Medicare questions answered by calling 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) 24-hours a day; 7-days a week. 1-800-MEDICARE users can speak to a live person either by [...]
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Posting Date: 10/26/2021
Medicare’s Annual Wellness Visit in Minnesota: Understanding the Benefit and Preventing Denials
Medicare’s Annual Wellness Visit in Minnesota: Understanding the Benefit and Preventing Denials National Government Services Jurisdiction 6 MAC by Michael J. Dorris; Carolyn S. Henson, CPC , CAC, CACO, CPC-I, AAPC I-10 Instructor; and Nathan [...]
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Posting Date: 08/30/2021
Billing & Claim Forms
Billing & Claim Forms Medicare Authorization to Disclose Medicare Information Use this form to advise Medicare of the person or persons you have chosen to have access to your personal health information. Patient's Request for Medical [...]
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Posting Date: 07/10/2020
Claim Data Entry
Chapter V: Claims/Attachments Submenu (02) Claim Data Entry Purpose The Claims Entry options allows the provider to enter claims and roster bills electronically into the FISS DDE Provider Online System. To initiate claim data entry [...]
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Posting Date: 12/19/2016
FQHC and Group Therapy Services Job Aid
FQHC and Group Therapy Services Job Aid Historically, federally qualified health center’s (FQHC’s) billing instructions have been the same. However, effective 1/1/2011, the billing requirements changed for this facility type. Beginning with [...]
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