Mar 10, 2020 Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took additional action to ensure America’s healthcare workers are prepared to fight the spread of Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). CMS sent a memorandum to State Survey Agencies (SAs), which are responsible for inspecting nursing homes and other healthcare facilities serving Medicare and Medicaid …
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March 9, 2020 HHS Finalizes Historic Rules Providing Patients More Control of Their Health Data The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today finalized two trans-formative rules that will give patients unprecedented safe, secure access to their health data. For more information check out the links below. References: This information was taken from …
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On March 6, CMS took additional actions to ensure America’s patients, healthcare facilities and clinical laboratories are prepared to respond to the 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). CMS has developed a second Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code that can be used by laboratories to bill for certain COVID-19 diagnostic tests to help increase testing and …
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On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) disease outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. ICD-10-CM supplemental guidelines are available regarding COVI-19. This document will help provide official diagnosis coding guidance for the COVID-19 Coronavirus. The ICD-10-CM codes provided in this document are intended to provide information on …
Most HICN Claims Reject – Regardless of Date Service Use Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) now to avoid claim and eligibility transaction rejects. Starting January 1, 2020, regardless of the date of service on the Medicare transaction, most Social Security Number – based Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) Medicare transactions will reject with a few exceptions. If …
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Published today from CMS MLN Connects: “Different-Day Upper and Lower Endoscopy: Comparative Billing Report in September: In late September, CMS will issue a Comparative Billing Report (CBR) on Different-Day Upper and Lower Endoscopy, focusing on providers who submit Medicare Part B claims. These reports contain data-driven tables with an explanation of findings that compare your …
“Many providers are using the new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) for Medicare transactions. For the week ending January 25, providers submitted 62% of fee-for-service claims with the MBI. We encourage you to use MBIs now for all Medicare transactions. Don’t have an MBI? Ask your patient for their card. If they have not received …
New Medicare Card Mailing Update – Wave 6 Ends CMS finished mailing cards to people with Medicare who live in Waves 1-5 and now Wave 6 states (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Card mailing in Wave 7 states and territories continues. If someone with Medicare says they did …
Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Understanding 3 Key Topics Listening Session – Wednesday, August 22, 2018 from 1:30 to 3 pm Register – External Link Policy – Opens in a new window for Medicare Learning Network events. Proposed changes to the CY 2019 Physician Fee Schedule would increase the amount of time doctors and …
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