MLN Connects for April 2, 2026

MLN Connects Newsletter for Thursday, April 2, 2026

News

  • HHS & CMS Announce Healthcare Advisory Committee Members to Improve Patient Care and Modernize the U.S. Healthcare System
  • CMS Marks Milestone in Expanding Patient-Centered Innovation with Substance Access Beneficiary Engagement Incentive
  • Accountable Care Organizations: Apply to the New LEAD Model
  • New ASPIRE Model to Deliver Support to Children and Youth with Complex Medical Needs
  • Hospitals: OPPS Drug Acquisition Cost Survey Deadline Extended to April 7
  • ESRD Prospective Payment System: XPHOZAHTM Included in Bundled Payment
  • Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Reporting: Are You an Applicable Lab?

Compliance

  • Evaluation and Management Services & Intravitreal Injections: Bill Correctly
  • Therapeutic Footwear: Prevent Claim Denials

Claims, Pricers & Codes

  • Method II Critical Access Hospitals: Reprocessing Certain Claims with Reassigned Billing Rights

Events

  • Quarter 4 FY 2025 PEPPER for Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals Webinar – April 7

MLN Matters Articles

  • HCPCS Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing Enforcement: July 2026 Quarterly Update
  • Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System: April 2026 Update – Revised
  • National Coverage Determination 20.40: Renal Denervation for Uncontrolled Hypertension – Revised