2017 Home Health & Hospice News and Articles Archive
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December 2017
- The January 2018 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 12.29.17
- Attention myCGS Users – 12.21.17
- Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Response to the 2017 Southern California Wildfires
[MLN Matters SE17037] – 12.21.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 21, 2017 – 12.21.17
- CERT Program Basics Webinar –12.21.17
- CERT Program – Part 2 Webinar – 12.21.17
- Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) Process and Resources – 12.19.17
- Why No Change in Payment to Some Hospice Routine Home Care (RHC) Adjustments – 12.19.17
- Correcting Hospice Election and Revocation Dates – 12.19.17
- Hurricane Irma and Medicare Disaster Related South Carolina and Georgia Claims
[MLN Matters SE17024] – 12.19.17
- Hurricane Irma and Medicare Disaster Related United States Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and State of Florida Claims
[MLN Matters SE17022] – 12.19.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 14, 2017 – 12.14.17
- Understanding the Designation of Freestanding and Claims Only for Home Health Agency and Hospice Providers – 12.14.17
- Change in Frequency of CGS Listserv Notifications – 12.14.17
- Revised: Revisions to the Home Health Pricer to Support Value-Based Purchasing and Payment Standardization
[MLN Matters MM10167] – 12.12.17
- Revised: Prohibition on Billing Dually Eligible Individuals Enrolled in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) Program
[MLN Matters SE1128] – 12.07.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 7, 2017 – 12.07.17
- Revised: Tropical Storm Harvey and Medicare Disaster Related Louisiana Claims
[MLN Matters SE17021] – 12.05.17
- Revised: Hurricane Harvey and Medicare Disaster Related Texas Claims
[MLN Matters SE17020] – 12.05.17
- Hospice Claims Requiring Adjustments Update – 12.05.17
- Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) Reminder for Third Party Liability/Demand Claims – 12.05.17
November 2017
- Special Event for Home Health and Hospice Telephone Inquiries – 11.30.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, November 30, 2017 – 11.30.17
- The December 2017 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 11.30.17
- Upcoming Home Health and Hospice Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (ACT) – 11.30.17
- Access to the Ordering/Referring Data File – 11.28.17
- Incorporating Home Health Agency Documentation into the Physician's Medical Record: Supporting Eligibility with Home Health Agency Clinician Notes – 11.28.17
- Quarterly Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement
[MLN Matters MM10374] – 11.28.17
- Introducing – The New Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) myCGS Sub-Tab! – 11.27.17
- Attention myCGS Administrators and Users: Update Opt In/Opt Out to Green Mail! – 11.22.17
- MLN Connects® for Wednesday, November 22, 2017 – 11.22.17
- QMB Remittance Advice Issue – 11.21.17
- Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Indicator in the Medicare Fee-For-Service Claims Processing System
[MLN Matters MM9911] – 11.20.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, November 16, 2017 – 11.16.17
- Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement
[MLN Matters MM10308] – 11.16.17
- Therapy Cap Values for Calendar Year (CY) 2018
[MLN Matters MM10341] – 11.16.17
- Claim Status Category Codes and Claim Status Codes Update
[MLN Matters MM10271] – 11.16.17
- Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), Claims Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP), and PC Print Update
[MLN Matters MM10270] – 11.16.17
- Implement Operating Rules - Phase III Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): CORE 360 Uniform Use of Claim Adjustment Reason Codes (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Codes (RARC), and Claim Adjustment Group Code (CAGC) Rule - Update from Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE)
[MLN Matters MM10268] – 11.16.17
- Revision of PWK (Paperwork) Fax/Mail Cover Sheets
[MLN Matters MM10124] – 11.16.17
- Revised: Common Working File (CWF) to Modify CWF Provider Queries to Only Accept National Provider Identifier (NPI) as Valid Provider Number
[MLN Matters MM10098] – 11.16.17
- Accepting Payment From Patients with a Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement
[MLN Matters SE17019] – 11.14.17
- Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update for Calendar Year (CY) 2018
[MLN Matters MM10310] – 11.14.17
- Revised: October 2017 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 18.3
[MLN Matters MM10230] – 11.10.17
- Revised: Prohibition on Billing Dually Eligible Individuals Enrolled in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) Program
[MLN Matters SE1128] – 11.10.17
- Updated 2018 Amount in Controversy (AIC) for Administrative Law Judge Hearings or Federal District Court Appeals – 11.10.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, November 9, 2017 – 11.09.17
- November is Home Care and Hospice Month – 11.07.17
- Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Response to the 2017 California Wildfires
[MLN Matters SE17035] – 11.06.17
- Revised: New Common Working File (CWF) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Type for Liability Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (LMSAs) and No-Fault Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (NFMSAs)
[MLN Matters MM9893] – 11.03.17
- CMS MLN Connects Special Edition for Thursday, November 2, 2017 – 11.03.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, November 2, 2017 – 11.02.17
October 2017
- The November 2017 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 10.31.17
- Update to Home Health Claims Being Returned With 37253 (No OASIS Found) – 10.27.17
- Voluntary Refunds - Calendar Year 2017
– 10.26.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, October 26, 2017 – 10.26.17
- Kentucky and Ohio Open Meetings: Draft Local Coverage Determinations – November 7th and November 8th, 2017 – 10.24.17
- Revised: Prohibition on Billing Dually Eligible Individuals Enrolled in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) Program
[MLN Matters SE1128] – 10.20.17
- Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Response to the 2017 California Wildfires
[MLN Matters SE17035] – 10.20.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, October 19, 2017 – 10.19.17
- Medicare Credit Balance Quarterly Reminder – 10.17.17
- Hurricane Nate and Medicare Disaster Related Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi Claims
[MLN Matters SE17034] – 10.16.17
- January 2018 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files
[MLN Matters MM10320] – 10.12.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, October 12, 2017 – 10.12.17
- Attention Hospice Providers: What to Include on Your List of Claims Requiring Adjustments – 10.10.17
- Rescinded: Accepting Payment from Patients with a Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA), a Liability Insurance Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (LMSA), or a No-Fault Insurance Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (NFMSA)
[MLN Matters SE17019] – 10.10.17
- Update: Medicare Secondary Payment (MSP) Claims Rejected in Error – 10.09.17
- Revised: Hurricane Maria and Medicare Disaster Related United States Virgin Islands and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Claims
[MLN Matters SE17028] – 10.06.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, October 5, 2017 – 10.05.17
- Quarterly Provider Update – 10.05.17
- Updates to Medicare's Cost Report Worksheet S-10 to Capture Uncompensated Care Data
[MLN Matters SE17031] – 10.04.17
- Process for Hospices to Submit a List of Claims Requiring Adjustments
[MLN Matters SE17029] – 10.02.17
September 2017
- The October 2017 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 09.29.17
- Quarterly Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Drug/Biological Code Changes - October 2017 Update
[MLN Matters MM10234] – 09.29.17
- Hospice List of Claims Requiring Adjustments – 09.28.17
- Responding to CERT Requests – 09.28.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, September 28, 2017 – 09.28.17
- October 2017 Release "Dark" Days for the Common Working File (CWF) Hosts – 09.27.17
- Home Health No-Payment Billing (Condition Code 21) – 09.27.17
- What Are Acceptable Electronic Signature Notations? – 09.26.17
- Your Immediate Attention is Required: Recertify Your Home Health and Hospice FISS DDE User ID Today! – 09.26.17
- Revised: Hurricane Harvey and Medicare Disaster Related Texas Claims
[MLN Matters SE17020] – 09.26.17
- Tropical Storm Harvey and Medicare Disaster Related Louisiana Claims
[MLN Matters SE17021] – 09.26.17
- Hurricane Irma and Medicare Disaster Related United States Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and State of Florida Claims
[MLN Matters SE17022] –09.26.17
- Clarification of Billing and Payment Policies for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) Using a Disposable Device
[MLN Matters SE17027] – 09.26.17
- Hurricane Maria and Medicare Disaster Related United States Virgin Islands and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Claims
[MLN Matters SE17028] – 09.26.17
- Revised: Hurricane Irma and Medicare Disaster Related South Carolina and Georgia Claims
[MLN Matters SE17024] – 09.26.17
- Updated Hospice Payment Rate Calculator – 09.26.17
- Accepting Payment from Patients with a Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA), a Liability Insurance Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (LMSA), or a No-Fault Insurance Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (NFMSA)
[MLN Matters SE17019] – 09.25.17
- Medicare Secondary Payment (MSP) Claims Rejected in Error – 09.22.17
- October 2017 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
[MLN Matters MM10236] – 09.22.17
- Hurricane Maria and Medicare Disaster Related United States Virgin Islands and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Claims MLN Matters Article – New – 09.21.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, September 21, 2017 – 09.21.17
- Billing in Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Liability Insurance Situations
[MLN Matters SE17018] – 09.21.17
- Revised: Revision to Publication 100.06, Chapter 3, Medicare Overpayment Manual, Section 200, Limitation on Recoupment
[MLN Matters MM9815] – 09.21.17
- October Quarterly Update for 2017 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule
[MLN Matters MM10248] – 09.20.17
- CBR Hospice Length of Stay for Non-Cancerous Diagnosis – 09.20.17
- DON'T WAIT: Recertify Your Home Health and Hospice FISS DDE User ID Today! – 09.19.17
- Hospice Sequential Billing Reminder: Reason Code 37402 – 09.19.17
- Hurricane Irma and Medicare Disaster Related United States Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and State of Florida Claims
[MLN Matters SE17022] – 09.15.17
- Hurricane Irma and Medicare Disaster Related South Carolina and Georgia Claims
[MLN Matters SE17024] – 09.15.17
- 2018 Annual Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Update
[MLN Matters MM10262] – 09.15.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, September 14, 2017 – 09.14.17
- DON'T WAIT: Recertify Your Home Health and Hospice FISS DDE User ID Today! – 09.12.17
- Hurricane Irma and Medicare Disaster Related South Carolina and Georgia Claims MLN Matters Article – New – 09.11.17
- Hurricane Irma and Medicare Disaster Related United States Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and State of Florida Claims MLN Matters Article – New – 09.11.17
- Revision to Publication 100.06, Chapter 3, Medicare Overpayment Manual, Section 200, Limitation on Recoupment
[MLN Matters MM9815] – 09.08.17
- MLN Connects Special Edition for Thursday, September 7, 2017 – 09.07.17
- DON'T WAIT: Recertify Your Home Health and Hospice FISS DDE User ID Today! – 09.07.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, September 7, 2017 – 09.07.17
- Revised: Hurricane Harvey and Medicare Disaster Related Louisiana Claims
[MLN Matters SE17021] – 09.06.17
- Revised: Hurricane Harvey and Medicare Disaster Related Texas Claims
[MLN Matters SE17020] – 09.06.17
- CMS MLN Connects Special Edition – Tuesday, September 5, 2017 –09.06.17
- DON'T WAIT: Recertify Your Home Health and Hospice FISS DDE User ID Today! – 09.05.17
- October 2017 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 18.3
[MLN Matters MM10230] – 09.05.17
- October 2017 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
[MLN Matters MM10236] – 09.05.17
- Quarterly Update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) – October 2017 Update
[MLN Matters MM10222] – 09.05.17
- Special Edition – Friday, September 1, 2017 – 09.01.17
- Special Edition – Thursday, August 31, 2017 – 09.01.17
August 2017
- The September 2017 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 08.31.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, August 31, 2017 – 08.31.17
- myCGS Green Mail – Responses to Redeterminations and Reopenings Decision Letters Now Available! – 08.30.17
- DON'T WAIT: Recertify Your Home Health and Hospice FISS DDE User ID Today! – 08.29.17
- Revised: Prohibition on Billing Dually Eligible Individuals Enrolled in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) Program
[MLN Matters SE1128] – 08.29.17
- Attention myCGS Users: new supported browsers for myCGS – 08.25.17
- Claim Status Category and Claim Status Codes Update
[MLN Matters MM10132] – 08.24.17
- Implement Operating Rules - Phase III Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): CORE 360 Uniform Use of Claim Adjustment Reason Codes (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Codes (RARC) and Claim Adjustment Group Code (CAGC) Rule - Update from Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE)
[MLN Matters MM10140] – 08.24.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, August 24, 2017 – 08.24.17
- Healthcare Provider Taxonomy Codes (HPTCs) October 2017 Code Set Update
[MLN Matters MM10141] – 08.24.17
- CMS Releases Hospice Compare Website to Improve Consumer Experiences, Empower Patients – 08.23.17
- ATTENTION Home Health and Hospice Providers: Recertify Your FISS DDE User ID Today – 08.22.17
- Update to Hospice Payment Rates, Hospice Cap, Hospice Wage Index and Hospice Pricer for FY 2018
[MLN Matters MM10131] – 08.21.17
- Top Medical Review Denial Reason 56900 – 08.17.17
- ATTENTION Home Health and Hospice Providers: Recertify Your FISS DDE User ID Today – 08.17.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, August 17, 2017 – 08.17.17
- Announcing The Provider Enrollment Interactive Help Tool! – 08.17.17
- ATTENTION Home Health and Hospice Providers: Recertify Your FISS DDE User ID Today – 08.15.17
- Revised: Quarterly Influenza Virus Vaccine Code Update – January 2018
[MLN Matters MM10196] – 08.14.17
- Revised: July Quarterly Update for 2017 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule
[MLN Matters MM10071] – 08.14.17
- Revisions to the Home Health Pricer to Support Value-Based Purchasing and Payment Standardization
[MLN Matters MM10167] – 08.11.17
- Rescinded: Attention myCGS Users: New Supported Browsers for myCGS – 08.10.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, August 10, 2017 – 08.10.17
- Suppression of the Standard Paper Remittance Advice (SPR) in 45 days if also Receiving Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA)
[MLN Matters MM10151] – 08.09.17
- Take Action Now: Recertify Your FISS DDE User ID – 08.08.17
- Hospice Routine Home Care and Service Intensity Add-on (SIA) Payment Adjustments – 08.04.17
- Recertify Your FISS DDE User ID NOW! – 08.03.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, August 3, 2017 – 08.03.17
- CMS MLN Connects Special Edition for Thursday, August 3, 2017 – 08.03.17
- Common Working File (CWF) to Modify CWF Provider Queries to Only Accept National Provider Identifier (NPI) as Valid Provider Number
[MLN Matters MM10098] – 08.01.17
- Home Health Agencies: CMS Proposes 2018 and 2019 Payment Changes – 08.01.17
July 2017
- The August 2017 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 07.31.17
- CMS National Provider Enrollment Conference – September 6 and 7, 2017 – 07.28.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, July 27, 2017 – 07.27.17
- October 2017 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions To Prior Quarterly Pricing Files
[MLN Matters MM10187] – 07.26.17
- myCGS: The Importance of Assigning Multiple Provider Administrators – 07.26.17
- Take Action Now: Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 07.25.17
- Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Program New Processes – 07.21.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, July 20, 2017 – 07.20.17
- Take Action Now: Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 07.15.17
- Special Edition – Thursday, July 13, 2017 – 07.14.17
- Hospice Reason Code 34952: Service Facility NPI is Required – 07.14.17
- Medicare Credit Balance Quarterly Reminder – 07.14.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, July 13, 2017 – 07.13.17
- Quarterly Provider Update – 07.12.17
- File Rejections for the Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) – 07.11.17
- Take Action Now: Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 07.11.17
- Revised: Extension of the Transition to the Fully Adjusted Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Payment Rates Under Section 16007 of the 21st Century Cures Act
[MLN Matters MM9968] – 07.06.17
- Revised: Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Indicator in the Medicare Fee-For-Service Claims Processing System
[MLN Matters MM9911] – 07.06.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, July 6, 2017 – 07.06.17
- Attention Hospice Providers: Attending Physicians and the Medicare Hospice Benefit Survey – 07.03.17
June 2017
- Take Action Now: Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 06.30.17
- Upcoming MLN Connects Call for July 2017 – 06.29.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, June 29, 2017 – 06.29.17
- Modernized National Plan and Provider Enumeration System
[MLN Matters SE17016] – 06.29.17
- The July 2017 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 06.29.17
- Hospice Cap Changes – 06.28.17
- Hospice Self-Determined Aggregate Cap Reminder – 06.28.17
- July 2017 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File (CWF) Hosts – 06.26.17
- Use myCGS to Submit Your Medicare Credit Balance Report and Get Immediate Confirmation! – 06.26.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, June 22, 2017 – 06.22.17
- Attention Electronic Submitters: Scheduled Maintenance June 25th – 06.22.17
- 5 Ways for Healthcare Providers to Get Ready for New Medicare Cards – 06.20.17
- Revised: Provider Enrollment Revalidation - Cycle 2
[MLN Matters SE1605] – 06.20.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, June 15, 2017 – 06.15.17
- Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Direct Data Entry (DDE) Screen Changes – 06.15.17
- Financial System Dark Day - Impacting Payment Flow to Providers – 06.13.17
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Webinar – 06.13.17
- Revised: New Common Working File (CWF) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Type for Liability Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (LMSAs) and No-Fault Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (NFMSAs)
[MLN Matters MM9893] – 06.12.17
- myCGS Green Mail – Overpayment Recovery Letters Now Available! – 06.12.17
- Attention myCGS Web Portal Users – 06.12.17
- New Medicare cards offer greater protection to more than 57.7 million Americans – 06.12.17
- Upcoming Home Health and Hospice Educational Events – 06.08.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, June 8, 2017 – 06.08.17
- Clarification on Health Insurance Prospective Payment System (HIPPS) Coding Changes – 06.08.17
- Open Meeting: Draft Local Coverage Determinations – June 20th, 2017 – 06.05.17
- Change to myCGS System Requirements – 06.02.17
- July 2017 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
[MLN Matters MM10122] – 06.01.17
- Claim Status Category and Claim Status Codes Update
[MLN Matters MM10043] – 06.01.17
- Implement Operating Rules - Phase III Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): CORE 360 Uniform Use of Claim Adjustment Reason Codes (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Codes (RARC) and Claim Adjustment Group Code (CAGC) Rule - Update from Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE)
[MLN Matters MM10041] – 06.01.17
- Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), Claims Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP), and PC Print Update
[MLN Matters MM10040] – 06.01.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, June 1, 2017 – 06.01.17
May 2017
- July 2017 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 18.2
[MLN Matters MM10115] – 05.31.17
- Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) - Per Beneficiary per Month Payment (PBPM) - Implementation (Eligibility Updates and Clarification)
[MLN Matters MM10094] – 05.31.17
- Quarterly Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Drug/Biological Code Changes - July 2017 Update
[MLN Matters MM10107] – 05.31.17
- The June 2017 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 05.31.17
- Required Workaround for Hospices Submitting Routine Home Care (RHC) and Service Intensity Add-On (SIA) Payments at the End of Life
[MLN Matters SE17014] – 05.30.17
- Medicare Signature Requirements – 05.26.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 25, 2017 – 05.25.17
- Corrected: Appeals Redetermination Letters – 05.24.17
- Revised: Prohibition on Billing Dually Eligible Individuals Enrolled in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) Program
[MLN Matters SE1128] – 05.19.17
- Important SFTP Update – 05.19.17
- Quarterly Update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) - July CY 2017 Update
[MLN Matters MM10104] – 05.18.17
- Updated Manual Guidelines for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Payments and Change of Ownership (CHOW)
[MLN Matters SE17012] – 05.18.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 18, 2017 – 05.18.17
- National Provider Identifier Issue Update – 05.18.17
- FISS/DDE Outage Announcement – 05.17.17
- Revised: New Common Working File (CWF) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Type for Liability Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (LMSAs) and No-Fault Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (NFMSAs)
[MLN Matters MM9893] – 05.16.17
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) Billing Information – 05.12.17
- Revised: April Quarterly Update for 2017 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule
[MLN Matters MM9988] – 05.12.17
- myCGS Green Mail – General Inquiry Responses Now Available! – 05.11.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 11, 2017 – 05.11.17
- myCGS Green Mail – Medical Review Quarterly, Pre-, and Post-Pay Letters Now Available! – 05.08.17
- Revised: Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Indicator in the Medicare Fee-For-Service Claims Processing System
[MLN Matters MM9911] – 05.05.17
- Revised: The Process of Prior Authorization
[MLN Matters MM9940] – 05.05.17
- July Quarterly Update for 2017 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule
[MLN Matters MM10071] – 05.05.17
- Reminder: myCGS Administrators and Users: Opt In to Green Mail! – 05.04.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, May 4, 2017 – 05.04.17
- New Physician Specialty Code for Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Medical Toxicology, and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
[MLN Matters MM9957] – 05.03.17
- Actions Needed Due to Increased CMS Security Requirements, myCGS Portal Users Must Sign Up for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) by July 1, 2017 – 05.03.17
- Revised: Implementation of New Influenza Virus Vaccine Code
[MLN Matters MM9876] – 05.01.17
- The May 2017 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 05.01.17
- myCGS Web Portal Users: Sign Up Now for the Mandatory Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) – 05.01.17
April 2017
- MLN Connects® Special Edition – Friday, April 28, 2017 – 04.28.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 27, 2017 – 04.27.17
- It's Time for the 2017 MAC Satisfaction Indicator (MSI) Survey and We Need to Hear from You! – 04.26.17
- Response Report Delays – 04.26.17
- Attention myCGS Administrators and Users: Opt In to Green Mail! – 04.25.17
- Avoid Submitting Duplicate Credit Balance Reports – 04.21.17
- 277CA and 999 Reports – 04.21.17
- Home Health Probe and Educate Round 2 for Illinois and Florida – 04.21.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 20, 2017 – 04.20.17
- MSI Reminder Announcement: There is Still Time to Evaluate Our Services! – 04.19.17
- Action Required by myCGS Web Portal Users: Sign Up Now for the Mandatory Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) – 04.17.17
- CMS Proposes 2018 Payment and Policy Updates for Medicare Hospital Admissions, Releases a Request for Information – 04.17.17
- Increase in Duplicate Billing of UTN – 04.14.17
- Use myCGS to Submit Your Medicare Credit Balance Report and Get Immediate Confirmation! – 04.14.17
- Reason Code E94G2 – 04.13.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 13, 2017 – 04.13.17
- Quarterly Provider Update – 04.13.17
- July 2017 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revision to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files
[MLN Matters MM10016] – 04.12.17
- Revised: Provider Enrollment Revalidation Cycle 2
[MLN Matters SE1605] – 04.12.17
- Your Feedback is Important: Share Your Experiences! – 04.12.17
- New Hospice Notice of Election Quick Resource Tool – 04.06.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 6, 2017 – 04.06.17
- How to Appeal a CERT Error – 04.06.17
- MSI Live Announcement: Evaluate Our Services! – 04.05.17
- Home Health Services Pre-Claim Review Demonstration Pause – 04.05.17
- Revised: Pre-Claim Review Demonstration For Home Health Services Update and FAQs – 04.04.17
- A New Look for the CGS Website! – 04.03.17
- Important Information for myCGS Web Portal Users: Sign Up Now for the Mandatory Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) – 04.03.17
- Update: Pre-Claim Review Demonstration for Home Health Services Paused – 04.03.17
March 2017
- The April 2017 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 03.31.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 30, 2017 – 03.30.17
- Home Health Ordering/Referring Requirements – 03.30.17
- CGS Listens! Announcing Process Improvements – 03.30.17
- Denial of Home Health Payments When Required Patient Assessment Is Not Received - Additional Information
[MLN Matters SE17009] – 03.29.17
- April 2017 Release "Dark" Days for the Common Working File (CWF) Hosts – 03.29.17
- Revised: Provider Enrollment Revalidation Cycle 2
[MLN Matters SE1605] – 03.23.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 23, 2017 – 03.23.17
- Attention myCGS Web Portal Users: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is Mandatory – 03.20.17
- April 2017 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 18.1
[MLN Matters MM10002] – 03.17.17
- April 2017 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
[MLN Matters MM10005] – 03.16.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 16, 2017 – 03.16.17
- Interest Payment on Claims – 03.13.17
- April Quarterly Update for 2017 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule
[MLN Matters MM9988] – 03.13.17
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Webinar – 03.10.17
- CGS Overpayment Demand Letter is Required to Appeal Decisions from the Supplemental Medical Review Contractor (SMRC) and the Recovery Audit (RA) Contractor – 03.10.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 9, 2017 – 03.09.17
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) – 03.06.17
- Extension of the Transition to the Fully Adjusted Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Payment Rates Under Section 16007 of the 21st Century Cures Act
[MLN Matters MM9968] – 03.02.17
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 2, 2017 – 03.02.17
- Healthcare Provider Taxonomy Codes (HPTCs) April 2017 Code Set Update
[MLN Matters MM9869] – 03.02.17
- Workshops Set for Florida Pre-Claim Review (PCR) Demonstration for Home Health Services – 03.02.17
- Manual Updates to Clarify Payment Policy Changes for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) Using a Disposable Device and the Outlier Payment Methodology for Home Health Services
[MLN Matters MM9898] – 03.02.17
- New Online Education Course for Home Health Face-to-Face! – 03.02.17
- Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), Claims Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) and PC Print Update
[MLN Matters MM9878] – 03.01.17