Update history: LCD and article updates
View the most recent updates for our LCDs and articles. An LCD has been posted for notice to become effective May 17.
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Process for supplying invoice amount on certain HCPCS codes - avoid rejected claims
The code list for drugs has been updated.
CERT Task Force: Overview presentation
The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) A/B MAC Outreach & Education Task Force, a collaboration of all Part A and Part B...
First Coast supports compliance awareness during the month of March
Our Medicare Navigator Program is back with webinars focused on supporting providers to successfully navigate Medicare program...
New high-cost cell-based gene therapy drug Encelto approved for use in the ambulatory surgical center (ASC) setting
Medicare approved the groundbreaking new cell-based gene therapy drug, Encelto, for use in the ambulatory surgical center...
Process for pathology, laboratory, and other codes
Avoid negative impacts to your claims by providing the medical records for the laboratory, pathology and other codes claims...
Proposed local coverage determinations (LCDs): Open meetings
Open meeting registration is currently not available. Registration will open approximately two weeks prior to the next meeting...
Contractor advisory committee (CAC) meeting minutes
View CAC meeting minutes from our meeting on February 19, 2026, on the use of urine-based biomarkers in patients with...
Physician supervision of diagnostic tests
The Code of Federal Regulations requires that, with certain exceptions, diagnostic tests covered under the Social Security Act...
Multiple procedure payment reduction on the professional component and technical component of certain diagnostic imaging procedures
The MPPR on diagnostic imaging applies when multiple services are furnished by the same physician to the same patient in the...