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2019

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Modified: 1/9/2020
This edition includes information about hospital outpatient prospective payment (OPPS), the 2020 annual update of per-beneficiary threshold amounts, updates to Medicare deductible, coinsurance and premium rates for 2020, additional information regarding LCDs, and educational events.
Modified: 12/2/2019
This edition includes information about changes to the amount in controversy (AIC) for appeals in 2020 and the 2020 MPFS payment rates and participation program. It also includes information regarding new, revised, and retired LCDs, and educational events.
Modified: 10/30/2019
The Medicare Connection A, October 2019 edition, includes information regarding instructions on notifying First Coast Service Options if you have filed a bankruptcy petition or are involved in a bankruptcy proceeding. It also includes information about revised and retired LCDs, additional information on two LCD articles and educational events.
Modified: 10/2/2019
This edition includes information about Hurricane Dorian and Medicare disaster related claims, an activation of systematic validation edits for OPPS providers with multiple service locations and the October 2019 update to the MPFSDB. It also includes information regarding revised and retired LCDs, and educational events.
Modified: 8/26/2019
This edition includes two Special Editions of MLN Connects® and information about upcoming educational events. It also includes information regarding revised and retired LCDs.
Modified: 8/6/2019
This edition includes information about a revision to the prompt payment interest rate and information concerning the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program. It also includes information regarding revised and retired LCDs, and educational events.
Modified: 7/2/2019
This edition includes information on the common working file (CWF) provider inquiries for Medicare beneficiary eligibility, a new LCD about anorectal manometry and electromyography (EMG), and an MLN Connects Special Edition related to the Patients over Paperwork Initiative. It also includes revisions to LCDs, and educational events.
Modified: 5/28/2019
This edition includes information about the Quarterly Update to the Medicare physician fee schedule database, the preliminary FY 2021 wage index PUF availability and timeline, and the ICD-10. It also includes information regarding a retired LCD, and educational events.
Modified: 5/6/2019
This edition includes information regarding the Medicare Part A Quarterly Update to the Medicare physician fee schedule, billing for hospital Part B inpatients, PARD, revisions to existing LCDs, and educational events.
Modified: 3/22/2019
This edition includes information regarding the Medicare Part A clinical laboratory fee schedule and more information about the new MBI. It also includes upcoming educational events and covers general information on revisions to LCDs.
Modified: 2/22/2019
This edition includes information regarding the April 2019 Update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB). It also includes information about new LCDs, revisions to LCDs and information about the new local coverage determination process.
Modified: 1/30/2019
This edition includes information on the new physician specialty code for undersea and hyperbaric medicine, and the SNF advance beneficiary notice of non-coverage. It also includes information about a new LCD, revisions to LCDs and information about the new local coverage determination process.
Modified: 1/11/2019
This edition includes information regarding the quarterly influenza virus vaccine code update for January 2019. Also included is the latest information on the new Medicare beneficiary identifier and mailing of the new Medicare cards.
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