This article describes changes to and billing instructions for various payment policies CMS is making in the April 2021 ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system update. CR 12183 also includes updates to HCPCS. [MM12183]
This special edition MLN Matters article is for all Medicare providers and suppliers who requested and received COVID-19 accelerated and advance payments (CAAPs) from CMS due to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). [SE21004]
This article tells you about updates to the lists of HCPCS codes that are subject to the consolidated billing provision of the SNF prospective payment system (PPS). [MM12212]
This article gives you important information about recently issued regulatory authorities. These authorities affect currently enrolled Medicare providers and suppliers, or prospective providers and suppliers. [SE21003]
This article informs you about updates to Chapter 15 of the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual for physician supervision for physician assistant (PA) services and medical record documentation for Part B services. [MM11862]
This article tells you of updates to the remittance advice remark code (RARC) and claims adjustment reason code (CARC) lists and instructs Medicare’s shared system maintainers (SSMs) to update Medicare remit easy print (MREP) and PC print. [MM12102]
This article tells you about the changes to the DMEPOS fee schedules that Medicare updates on a quarterly basis, when necessary, to implement fee schedule amounts for new and existing codes, as applicable, and apply changes in payment policies. [MM12193]
This article tells you about claims frequency editing changes that Medicare’s common working file (CWF) performs based on relevant policy limitations for subsequent nursing facility care services. [MM12068]
This article tells you of the calendar year 2021 rate updates and policies for the ESRD prospective payment system (PPS) and implements payment for renal dialysis services you furnish to Medicare patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) in ESRD facilities. [MM12188]
This MLN Matters article is for hospitals, providers, and suppliers billing MACs, including home health and hospice (HH&H) MACs, for services provided to Medicare patients. [MM12187]
This article was revised to reflect a revised CR 12131. The CR revision changed the date that HCPCS code 87428 was added. The correct date is November 10, 2020. The CR release date, transmittal number, and the web address of the CR were also revised. All other information remains the same. [MM12131]
This MLN Matters article is for clinical diagnostic laboratories that submit claims to MACs for laboratory services they provide to Medicare patients. [MM12178]
This MLN Matters article is for rural referral centers (RRCs), Medicare dependent hospitals (MDHs), MDH RRCs, sole community hospital (SCH) RRCs, or essential access community hospital (EACH) RRCs submitting claims to MACs for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. [MM12062]
This article was revised due to a revised CR 11879, which changed the 25th percentile wage index value from 0.8465 to 0.8649. The CR release date, transmittal number, and the web address of the CR were also changed. All other information is the same. [MM11879]
This MLN Matters article is for physicians, hospitals, and other providers billing MACs for services they provide to Medicare patients that Medicare pays using the Medicare physician fee schedule. [MM12155]
This article describes changes to and billing instructions for various payment policies implemented in the January 2021 ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system update. CR 12129 also includes updates to HCPCS. [MM12129]
This article tells you about the new HCPCS codes for 2021 that are subject to and excluded from clinical laboratory improvement amendments (CLIA) edits. Make sure your billing staffs are aware of these updates. [MM12131]
Don’t deny treatment, entry to a SNF or hospital, or services based on an open or closed Liability (L), No-Fault (NF) or Workers’ Compensation (WC) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) record on the beneficiary’s Medicare file or if a claim was inappropriately denied. You must continue to see or provide services to the beneficiary. [MM12027]
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has conducted several reviews identifying Medicare overpayments to hospitals that didn’t comply with Medicare’s post-acute care transfer policy. The OIG found that some hospitals transferred inpatients to certain post-acute care settings but coded the patient discharge status as a discharge to home. To assure proper payment under the Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) payment system, hospitals must be sure to code the discharge/transfer status of patients accurately to reflect the patient’s level of post-discharge care. [SE21001]
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