LCD Reconsideration Process

New LCD Request Process

MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 8, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 8, 2024 News Medicare Shared Savings Program: Application Deadlines for a January 1, 2025, Start Date New Dental Specialty Codes for Medicare Hospices & Skilled Nursing Facilities: Report All [...]

National Government Services Proposed LCDs for Comment

National Government Services Proposed LCDs for Comment The proposed LCDs listed below are being presented for comment for the Jurisdiction 6 and Jurisdiction K MACs. The formal comment period extends from 2/8/2024 through 3/23/2024. These [...]

Reminder: Jurisdiction 6 and Jurisdiction K Providers Using Medicare Part B MSP Overpayment Request Form for Non-MSP

Reminder: Jurisdiction 6 and Jurisdiction K Providers Using Medicare Part B MSP Overpayment Request Form for Non-MSP Use the Medicare Part B MSP Overpayment Request Form for the following situations, not for non-MSP overpayments: 07–MSP [...]

National Government Services Will Be Open On President's Day

National Government Services Will Be Open On President's Day National Government Services will be open on President's Day, Monday, 2/19/2024. The PCC will be open and available to take your calls. Posted 2/14/2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 15, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 15, 2024 News CMS Roundup (Feb 9, 2024) Marriage and Family Therapists & Mental Health Counselors: New Specialty Codes for Medicare Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database: April Update MLN [...]

Navigating Medicare Part A Insights for Providers Podcast

Navigating Medicare Part A Insights for Providers Podcast Listen to our new podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Check out our new podcast, Navigating Medicare Part A Insights for Providers, now available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! [...]

[REVISED] Provisional Period of Enhanced Oversight for New Hospices

[REVISED] Provisional Period of Enhanced Oversight for New Hospices In an effort to reduce hospice fraud, waste and abuse, CMS is placing newly enrolling hospices located in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas in a program called PPEO [...]

Fee Schedules Description

Fee Schedule Lookup To initiate a search, select a fee schedule type from the drop-down menu, complete all required fields, then select Search. Note: If your search does not display the fee schedule or effective date (range) you enter, [...]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Legislation

Health Benefits of Quitting Smoking

Health Benefits of Quitting Smoking Help your Patients Kick the Habit! Smoking leads to multiple diseases and potentially death, but this is preventable – anyone at any age can benefit from quitting smoking. Medicare covers tobacco cessation [...]

Change to Roster Claims Information Entry in the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System Direct Data Entry

Change to Roster Claims Information Entry in the FISS DDE Effective 1/28/2013, the FISS maintainer has made a change to the way roster claims are entered. After entering the required information into the FISS DDE, providers will have to hit [...]

Common Working File (CWF) Host Dark Days for April 2024 Release

Common Working File (CWF) Host Dark Days for April 2024 Release For the upcoming April 2024 Release: For Production, CWF will be observing the Gray Day on Thursday, 3/28/2024 and Dark Days starting Friday, 3/29/2024 through Sunday, 3/31/2024 [...]

Proper Billing for Patient Supplied Drugs

Proper Billing for Patient Supplied Drugs Drugs, including biologicals, must represent an expense to the physician or legal entity billing for the services or supplies. In some instances, the patient purchases the drug or, the physician [...]