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Posting Date: 04/07/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, April 7, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, April 7, 2020 COVID-19: Telehealth Video, Coinsurance and Deductible Waived, ASC Attestations, Ambulance Modifiers, Lessons From Front Lines, MLN Call Today New Video Available on Medicare Coverage [...]
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Posting Date: 04/06/2020
Pricing of HCPCS G2066 - Update
Pricing of HCPCS G2066 — Update On 3/12/2020 NGS posted an article on our website regarding a fee adjustment for HCPCS G2066 (Interrogation device evaluation(s), (remote) up to 30 days; implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor system, [...]
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Posting Date: 04/03/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, April 3, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, April 3, 2020 COVID-19: Telehealth Billing Correction, Nursing Home Recommendations, Billing for Multi-Function Ventilators, New ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Billing for Professional Telehealth [...]
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Posting Date: 04/02/2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 2, 2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 2, 2020 Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule Call — April 7 MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 2, 2020 View this edition as a PDF News IRF Provider Preview Reports: Review Your Data by [...]
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Posting Date: 03/31/2020
COVID-19 Cost Report Due Date Extensions
COVID-19 Cost Report Due Date Extensions Due to instructions received from CMS relative to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in accordance with 42CFR§413.24(f)(2)(ii), the due date for submission of any Medicare cost report with an original due date [...]
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Posting Date: 03/31/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, March 31, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, March 31, 2020 COVID-19: Regulatory Changes, Telehealth Billing, and Specimen Collection Codes Trump Administration Makes Sweeping Regulatory Changes to Help U.S. Health Care System Address [...]
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Posting Date: 03/30/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, March 30, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, March 30, 2020 COVID-19: Financial Relief, Nursing Home Telehealth, Quality Reporting, Clinical Laboratories, Hospital Data Sharing Trump Administration Provides Financial Relief for [...]
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Posting Date: 03/26/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, March 26, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, March 26, 2020 COVID-19: Enrollment Relief, Open Payments, Beneficiary Notices 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Medicare Provider Enrollment Relief Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Frequently [...]
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Posting Date: 03/25/2020
[Update] President Trump Expands Telehealth Benefits for Medicare Beneficiaries During COVID-19 Outbreak; CMS Outlines New Flexibilities Available to People with Medicare
[Update] President Trump Expands Telehealth Benefits for Medicare Beneficiaries During COVID-19 Outbreak; CMS Outlines New Flexibilities Available to People with Medicare On 3/17/2020, CMS announced that FFS Medicare is expanding coverage for [...]
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Posting Date: 03/23/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, March 20, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, March 20, 2020 COVID-19: Telehealth and Non-Essential Procedures Medicare FFS Response to the Public Health Emergency on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) — Revised COVID-19 Elective Surgeries and [...]
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Posting Date: 05/07/2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 7, 2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 7, 2020 More COVID-19 Updates MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 7, 2020 View this edition as a PDF News CMS Announces Independent Commission to Address Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes Home [...]
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Posting Date: 05/01/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, April 30, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Thursday, April 30, 2020 COVID-19: Second Round of Sweeping Changes, RHC & FQHC Flexibilities, EMTALA New and Expanded Flexibilities for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health [...]
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Posting Date: 04/21/2020
HCPCS Codes U0003 and U0004 for COVID Testing
HCPCS Codes U0003 and U0004 for COVID Testing In the 4/15/2020 press release, CMS Increases Medicare Payment for High-Production Coronavirus Lab Tests, CMS announced a higher payment for certain laboratory tests where the technology used for [...]
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Posting Date: 04/20/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, April 20, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, April 20, 2020 COVID-19: Nursing Home Transparency, Recommendations for Areas with Low Incidence of Disease Trump Administration Announces New Nursing Homes COVID-19 Transparency Effort CMS [...]
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Posting Date: 04/17/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, April 17, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, April 17, 2020 COVID-19: RHC & FQHC Flexibilities, Increased Payment for Lab Tests, Hospital Waivers, Call Audio and Transcript RHC & FQHC Flexibilities During COVID-19 Public Health [...]
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Posting Date: 04/16/2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 16, 2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 16, 2020 3 Proposed Payment Rules MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 16, 2020 View this edition as a PDF News Hospice Payment Rate Update Proposed Rule for FY 2021 IPF Prospective [...]
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Posting Date: 04/15/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Wednesday, April 15, 2020
MLN Connects® for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 COVID-19: Reprocessing Hospital Claims, Essential Diagnostic Services, Non-Invasive Ventilators IPPS Hospitals, LTCHs: Reprocessing Claims for CARES Act Trump Administration Announces Expanded [...]
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Posting Date: 04/14/2020
Provider Compliance Tips for Nebulizers and Related Drugs Fact Sheet - Revised
Provider Compliance Tips for Nebulizers and Related Drugs Fact Sheet - Revised A revised Provider Compliance Tips for Nebulizers and Related Drugs Medicare Learning Network Fact Sheet is available. Learn about: coverage requirements [...]
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Posting Date: 04/14/2020
PWK Submission Reminders
PWK Submission Reminders National Government Services has identified several issues with PWK submissions from providers. We are issuing this article as a notification to alert provider offices to systems and processes that you may have in [...]
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Posting Date: 04/10/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, April 10, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, April 10, 2020 COVID-19: Infection Control, Maximizing Workforce, Updated Q&A, CS Modifier for Cost-Sharing, Payment Adjustment Suspended CMS Issues New Wave of Infection Control Guidance to [...]
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Posting Date: 04/09/2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 9, 2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 9, 2020 Important COVID-19 Updates MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 9, 2020 View this edition as a PDF News CMS Approves Approximately $34 Billion for Providers with the Accelerated/Advance [...]
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Posting Date: 06/03/2020
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing A/B MAC Task Force
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing A/B MAC Task Force The CERT A/B MAC Task Force goal is to educate providers on national issues of concern regarding improper payment errors and to reduce the national payment error rate by creating material [...]
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Posting Date: 06/01/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, June 1, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, June 1, 2020 COVID-19: Using the CR Modifier and DR Condition Code CMS revised MLN Matters Special Edition Article SE20011 on Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Response to the Public Health Emergency on [...]
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Posting Date: 05/29/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, May 29, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Friday, May 29, 2020 New COVID-19 FAQs on Medicare Fee-for-Service Billing CMS released additional Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on our recent COVID-19-related waivers to help providers, including [...]
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Posting Date: 05/28/2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 28, 2020
MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 28, 2020 COVID-19: Adjusting Operations to Manage Patient Surge MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 28, 2020 View this edition as a PDF News COVID-19: Adjusting Operations to Manage Patient Surge [...]
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Posting Date: 05/20/2020
Reminder: Billing and Coding for Implantable Automatic Defibrillators
Reminder: Billing and Coding for Implantable Automatic Defibrillators An implantable automatic defibrillator is an electronic device designed to diagnose and treat life threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias. When you use specific ICD-10-CM [...]
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Posting Date: 05/19/2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, May 19, 2020
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, May 19, 2020 COVID-19: Payment for Lab Tests, Safely Reopening Nursing Homes, Lab & Ambulance Claims COVID-19: Payment for Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Trump Administration Issues Guidance to [...]
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Posting Date: 05/19/2020
Submission Requirements for Investigational Device Exemption Claims
Submission Requirements for Investigational Device Exemption Claims Effective for Category A and B IDE studies approved by the FDA on or after 1/1/2015, interested parties (i.e. study sponsors) seeking Medicare coverage must submit a request [...]
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Posting Date: 07/28/2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, July 28, 2022
MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, July 28, 2022 Enhanced Nursing Home Rating System News CMS Enhances Nursing Home Rating System with Staffing & Turnover Data Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Proposed Rule: Submit [...]
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Posting Date: 12/09/2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 9, 2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 9, 2019 HHAs: Get Help Registering for iQIES by December 23 Avoid payment delays. You need access to the upgraded Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) to submit [...]
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Posting Date: 12/10/2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, December 10, 2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Most HICN Claims Reject – Regardless of Date Service Use Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) now to avoid claim and eligibility transaction rejects. Starting January 1, 2020, [...]
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Posting Date: 12/12/2019
MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 12, 2019
MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 12, 2019 Quality Payment Program: Your MIPS Eligibility Status MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 12, 2019 View this edition as a PDF News Open Payments: Review and Dispute Data by [...]
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Posting Date: 12/12/2019
Livanta’s Memorandum of Agreement for Healthcare Providers
Livanta’s Memorandum of Agreement for Healthcare Providers As of 6/8/2019, Livanta is the new Medicare Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) for 27 states and territories, providing Medicare case [...]
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Posting Date: 12/12/2019
Livanta’s Memorandum of Agreement for Healthcare Providers
Livanta’s Memorandum of Agreement for Healthcare Providers As of 6/8/2019, Livanta is the new Medicare Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) for 27 states and territories, providing Medicare case [...]
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Posting Date: 12/16/2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 16, 2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 16, 2019 HHAs: Avoid Payment Delays, Register for iQIES Now Why register in the upgraded internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) by December 23? Claims that cannot be [...]
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Posting Date: 12/17/2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, December 17, 2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Tuesday, December 17, 2019 New Medicare Card Transition Ends in 2 Weeks: Use MBIs Now to Get Paid January 1 The 21 month Medicare Beneficiary identifier (MBI) transition period ends in two weeks. Update your [...]
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Posting Date: 12/19/2019
MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 19, 2019
MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 19, 2019 MAC Operations: Provide Feedback at a Listening Session MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 19, 2019 View this edition as a PDF Editor's Note: Happy holidays from the MLN [...]
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Posting Date: 12/23/2019
LCD and Article Revisions: December 2019/January 2020
LCD and Article Revisions: December 2019/January 2020 The medical policies and related articles can be found in our Medical Policy Center. LCD Revised in December and January EEG – Ambulatory Monitoring (L33399) Due to annual CPT/HCPCs [...]
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Posting Date: 12/24/2019
New Version of PC-ACE: January 2020
New Version of PC-ACE: January 2020 PC-ACE Version 4.5 contains several CMS mandates and product enhancements including but not limited to the items listed below. 10971 - Implementation of the MPA for the MD TCOC Model 11457 - October 2019 [...]
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Posting Date: 12/23/2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 23, 2019
MLN Connects® Special Edition for Monday, December 23, 2019 New Medicare Card Transition Ends Next Week: Claim Reject Codes Beginning January 1 Get paid. Use Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) now. If you do not use MBIs on claims (with [...]
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