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Submit medical review documentation electronically
Are you sending hardcopy mail to submit your requests to First Coast? Did you know there are faster and easier ways to send your...
Availability of the list of essential medicines considered to be in shortage for the purposes of the recently finalized separate IPPS payment for establishing and maintaining access to essential medicines
In the fiscal year 2025 IPPS and LTCH final rule, CMS finalized a separate payment for establishing and maintaining access to...
View LCDs
Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) develop LCDs to describe circumstances for Medicare coverage for our jurisdictions...
Hospital outpatient department (OPD) prior authorization (PA) exemption process reminders
Hospital outpatient departments that qualify for an exempt status effective January 1, need to have at least 10 claims submitted...
Ambulance transport - multiple patients
Learn about Medicare’s billing and payment guidelines for ambulance transports of multiple patients.
Responding to additional documentation requests (ADRs)
This article explains how to respond to ADRs.
Avoid the wait: submit electronically
Are you sending hardcopy mail to submit your requests to First Coast? Avoid the wait. There are faster and easier ways to send...
Instructions for completing the prior authorization request (PAR) coversheet for repetitive scheduled non-emergency ambulance transport
Learn how to complete the the prior authorization request (PAR) coversheet for repetitive scheduled non-emergency ambulance...
Goniotomy procedures performed in conjunction with insertion of a glaucoma drainage device is considered not reasonable and necessary
View this reminder regarding correct reporting of micro or minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS).