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Posting Date: 08/20/2020
Opioid Treatment Add-on Code G2078 and G2079 MUE Values
Opioid Treatment Add-on Code G2078 and G2079 MUE Values The July 2020 quarterly update for the NCCI added an MUE value of one for OTP HCPCS codes G2067-G2075 and G2078 and G2079. It was later determined by CMS that the incorrect MUE value was [...]
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Posting Date: 09/18/2020
October 2020 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File Hosts
October 2020 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File Hosts For the upcoming October 2020 Release: For Production, CWF will be observing dark days starting Friday, 10/2/2020 through Sunday, 10/4/2020 to accommodate the anticipated [...]
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Posting Date: 09/15/2020
October 2020 Fiscal Intermediary Standard System Direct Data Entry Screen Changes
October 2020 Fiscal Intermediary Standard System Direct Data Entry Screen Changes The DDE CWF Inquiry Screen (MAP175M) will display the ABPM and will include the technical and professional dates for HCPCS 93784. The MBI Eligibility FROM and [...]
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Posting Date: 06/24/2020
Registered Dietitians and COVID-19 Allowances for Billing
Registered Dietitians and COVID-19 Allowances for Billing National Government Services has received clarification from CMS in regard to registered dietitians/nutritionists billing. When CPT codes 98966‒98968 were originally opened to coverage [...]
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Posting Date: 05/07/2020
Radiopharmaceuticals Invoice or Acquisition Cost Submission Reminder
Radiopharmaceuticals Invoice or Acquisition Cost Submission Reminder National Government Services has identified situations where claims are being submitted for radiopharmaceuticals without an invoice or acquisition cost provided. For [...]
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Posting Date: 03/02/2020
Quality Innovation Networks - Quality Improvement Organizations Quality Initiatives
Quality Innovation Networks - Quality Improvement Organizations Quality Initiatives CMS leads a national health care quality improvement network of Quality Innovation Networks – Quality Improvement Organizations (QIN-QIOs). Locally, an [...]
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Posting Date: 08/28/2020
Providers' Obligation to Report and Refund Medicare Overpayments with Appropriate Forms
Providers' Obligation to Report and Refund Medicare Overpayments with Appropriate Forms Healthcare providers have an obligation to report and refund federal program overpayments and continue to do so, but National Government Services would [...]
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Posting Date: 10/07/2020
Provider Enrollment Reconsideration Request Reminders
Provider Enrollment Reconsideration Request Reminders National Government Services has been receiving reconsiderations of provider enrollment credentialing requests that do not fall into the appropriate criteria for reconsiderations due to the [...]
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