MLN Matters Articles
MLN Matters® Articles
These Articles explain national Medicare policies on coverage, billing, and payment rules for specific provider types. Sometimes we explain information in an MLN Connects® newsletter message instead of an MLN Matters® Article. If there’s an Article or a newsletter message, you’ll find it in the “Provider Education” column.
The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ended on May 11, 2023. View Infectious diseases for a list of waivers and flexibilities that were in place during the PHE.
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Transmittal # | Issue Date Sort ascending | Subject | Implementation Date | CR # | Provider Education | Provider Education Release Date | Provider Education Revision Date |
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R598CP | Implementation of Carrier Guidelines for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Reimbursement for… |
3890 | MM3890 | ||||
R36NCD | Smoking and Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling |
3834 | MM3834 | ||||
R539CP | Expansion of Various Alpha and Numeric Fields with in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System… |
3767 | MM3767 | ||||
R555CP | Fiscal Intermediary (FI) Reporting of Add-on-Payments that do not Result in a Specific Increase… |
3866 | MM3866 | ||||
R516CP | Clarification for OPPS Hospitals Billing Initial Preventive Physical Exam (IPPE) |
3771 | MM3771 | ||||
R3402CP | Payment Reduction for Computed Tomography (CT) Diagnostic Imaging Services |
9250 | 9250 | ||||
R1569OTN | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) EDI Front End Updates for April 2016… |
9425 | |||||
R1572OTN | Removal of Device Portion from Certain Discontinued Device-Intensive Ambulatory Surgical Center… |
9297 | 9297 | ||||
R3383CP | Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update for Calendar Year (CY) 2016 |
9406 | MM9406 | ||||
R1565OTN | System Specific Enhancement 2015: Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Extend Hard… |
9402 |