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April 23, 2026

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, April 23, 2026

News

  • 2026 CMS Interoperability Standards & Prior Authorization Proposed Rule Resources
  • Updated Behavioral Health Strategy
  • Clinical Diagnostic Laboratories: Get Ready to Report Starting Next Week
  • HETS Action Required: Enroll Third-Party Vendors for Access by May 11
  • Open Payments: Review Your Data by May 15
  • Hospice Levels of Care & How to Bill for Service Intensity Add-On Payments
  • Hospitals: Accurately Report Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Acquisition Costs

Compliance

  • Lower Limb Orthoses: Prevent Claim Denials

Claims, Pricers & Codes

  • Vaccine Coding for Institutional Claims: Reporting Condition Code A6
  • HCPCS Application Summaries & Coding Determinations: Drugs & Biologicals

Events

  • HCPCS Public Meeting – June 1–2

MLN Matters® Articles

  • Low-Volume Hospital Payment Adjustment & the Medicare-Dependent Hospital Program: FY 2026 Extensions

Publications & Multimedia

  • Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Data Collection & Reporting Webinar Recording
  • Medicare Preventive Services – Revised

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