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Printed Date: 9/22/2015

JM Part A News

	COVID-19 Accelerated/Advance Payment Reminder Emails		04/02/2021
	ADRs for Outpatient Department Prior Authorization services (OPD PA) Services		04/01/2021
	CMS COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkits		04/01/2021
	MLN Connects for Thursday, April 1, 2021		04/01/2021
	2021 Provider Contact Center Training and Holiday Closure Schedule		03/31/2021
	April 2021 Release Dark Days for the Common Working File (CWF) Hosts		03/31/2021
	Do You Have a Question Regarding eServices? We Can Help!		03/31/2021
	If You've Contacted Us Recently, We Would Love to Hear About Your Experience!		03/31/2021
	Jurisdiction M Provider Enrollment Virtual Open House		03/31/2021
	MLN Connects Special Edition - Tuesday, March 30, 2021		03/31/2021
	ePass is Available to Ease the Burden of Repeated Authentication When Calling Palmetto GBA's Provider Contact Center		03/29/2021
	Therapy Claims: Reprocessing Dates of Service from January 1 through February 15		03/29/2021
	COVID-19: RHC and FQHC Lump Sum Payments		03/26/2021
	MLN Connects for Thursday, March 25, 2021		03/25/2021
	Palmetto GBA Education Events		03/25/2021
	Common Working File (CWF) Edits for Medicare Telehealth Services and Manual Update		03/25/2021
	Update to Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Payment Limits		03/25/2021
	Implementation of Changes in the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Payment for Dialysis Furnished for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in ESRD Facilities for Calendar Year (CY) 2021		03/25/2021
	From the Desk of the MAC Medical Directors: Caring for Medicare Patients is a Partnership		03/23/2021
	MLN Connects for Thursday, March 18, 2021		03/18/2021
	April 2021 Update to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)		03/18/2021
	Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), Claims Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) & PC Print Update		03/18/2021
	Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule - Medicare Travel Allowance Fees for Collection of Specimens		03/18/2021
	Quarterly Update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) - April 2021 Update		03/18/2021
	Quarterly Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment		03/18/2021
	April Quarterly Update for 2021 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule		03/18/2021
	MLN Connects Special Edition - Monday, March 15, 2021		03/15/2021
	MLN Connects for Thursday, March 11, 2021		03/11/2021
	Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) PPS Changes		03/11/2021
	April 2021 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)		03/11/2021
	April 2021 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 22.1		03/11/2021
	MLN Connects Special Edition - Wednesday, March 10, 2021		03/10/2021
	MLN Connects for Thursday, March 4, 2021		03/04/2021
	Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting Announcement - March 23, 2021		02/26/2021
	MLN Connects for Thursday, February 25, 2021		02/25/2021
	April 2021 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files		02/24/2021
	Review of Hospital Compliance with Medicare's Transfer Policy with the Resumption of Home Health Services & Other Information on Patient Discharge Status Codes		02/24/2021
	Billing for Services when Medicare is a Secondary Payer		02/24/2021
	MLN Connects for Thursday, February 18, 2021		02/18/2021
	MLN Connects for Thursday, February 11, 2021		02/11/2021
	Training Modules on v5010 Reports		02/11/2021
	FQHC and RHC Claims: Retroactive Rate Adjustment for HCPCS Code G2025		02/10/2021
	FQHC Claims: Retroactive Adjustment for Geographic Adjustment Factor		02/09/2021
	MLN Connects for Thursday, February 4, 2021		02/04/2021
	Updates to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) Claims		02/04/2021
	International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD10) and Other Coding Revisions to National Coverage Determination (NCDs) - April 2021		02/04/2021
	HCPCS Code G2211 is a Bundled Service and Not Separately Paid		02/01/2021
	Managing Multiple eService Accounts Is Easier with Account Linking		01/29/2021
	How do I bill my claims when a patient revokes or elects hospice coverage during his/her inpatient stay?		01/28/2021
	Drug Claims Rejected in Error		01/27/2021
	Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Annual Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Services Subject to Reasonable Charge		01/27/2021
	Threshold for Filing a Medicare Low Utilization Cost Report		01/26/2021
	Changes to the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) PRICER to Accept the New Outpatient Provider Specific File Supplemental Wage Index Fields, the Network Reduction Calculation and New Value Code for Time on Machine		01/22/2021
	Important Tax Information - 1099 Forms		01/21/2021
	Implementation of Changes in the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Payment for Dialysis Furnished for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in ESRD Facilities for Calendar Year (CY) 2021		01/21/2021
	Medicare Credit Balance Report Module		01/15/2021
	Cost Report Filing Extensions		01/12/2021
	Electronic Funds Transfer: Revised CMS-588 Required on February 28, 2021		01/08/2021
	January 2021 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 22.0		01/06/2021
	January 2021 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)		01/06/2021
	2021 Annual Update to the Therapy Code List		01/04/2021
	Jurisdiction J and Jurisdiction M Home Infusion Therapy (HIT) for New Part B Supplier Enrollment and Billing Webinar OnDemand Viewing - Now Available		12/30/2020
	Provider Enrollment Training Modules		12/30/2020
	Instructions to Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) on COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Medicare-Dependent, Small Rural Hospitals and Sole Community Hospitals		12/28/2020
	Telehealth Expansion Benefit Enhancement Under the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model (PARHM) - Implementation		12/23/2020
	Protect Yourself: Avoid COVID-19 Vaccine Scams		12/22/2020
	Do You Know Who Your eServices Administrator Is?		12/21/2020
	Appeals Overview for Providers Module		12/21/2020
	Updates to Nursing and Allied Health Education Medicare Advantage Payment Policies		12/16/2020
	2021 Annual Update of Per-Beneficiary Threshold Amounts		12/08/2020
	Update to the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Calendar Year (CY) 2021 - Recurring File Update		12/08/2020
	CY 2021 Update for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule		12/08/2020
	Summary of Policies in the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule, Telehealth Originating Site Facility Fee Payment Amount and Telehealth Services List, CT Modifier Reduction List, and Preventive Services List		12/08/2020
	New and Expanded Flexibilities for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)		12/08/2020
	Update to Rural Health Clinic (RHC) All Inclusive Rate (AIR) Payment Limit for Calendar Year (CY) 2021		12/07/2020
	FAQs on the 3-Day Payment Window for Services Provided to Outpatients Who Later Are Admitted as Inpatients		12/04/2020
	Review of Hospital Compliance with Medicare's Transfer Policy with the Resumption of Home Health Services and the Use of Condition Codes (A-04-18-04067)		12/03/2020
	Do You Know Who Your eServices Administrator Is?		12/01/2020
	Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for October 2020		12/01/2020
	Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), Claims Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) and PC Print Update		11/24/2020
	Claim Status Category and Claim Status Codes Update		11/24/2020
	Implement Operating Rules - Phase III Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (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) CORE		11/24/2020
	Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update for Calendar Year (CY) 2021		11/24/2020
	Update to Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance and Premium Rates for Calendar Year (CY) 2021		11/24/2020
	Implementation of Two New NUBC Condition Codes. Condition Code "90", "Service Provided as Part of an Expanded Access Approval (EA)" and Condition Code "91", "Service Provided as Part of an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)"		11/24/2020
	CERT Contractor Email Addresses		11/19/2020
	National Coverage Determination (NCD 90.3): Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy		11/18/2020
	Update to Vaccine Services Editing		11/18/2020
	MLN Connects for Thursday, November 12, 2020		11/12/2020
	How To Recognize an SMRC Audit		11/10/2020
	Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Response to the Public Health Emergency on the Coronavirus (COVID-19)		11/10/2020
	Special Provisions for Radiology Additional Documentation Requests		11/02/2020
	Quarterly Update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) - October 2020 Update		11/02/2020
	MLN Connects Special Edition - Wednesday, October 28, 2020		10/29/2020
	The Certified Provider Enrollment Process Loop		10/29/2020
	October Quarterly Update for 2020 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule		10/29/2020
	Change to the Payment of Allogeneic Stem Cell Acquisition Services		10/22/2020
	Ambulance Inflation Factor (AIF) for Calendar Year (CY) 2021 and Productivity Adjustment		10/19/2020
	Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Response to the Public Health Emergency on the Coronavirus (COVID-19)		10/19/2020
	MLN Connects Special Edition - Friday, October 16, 2020		10/16/2020