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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R179OTN | Calculation of the Interim Payment of Indirect Medical Education (IME) Through the Inpatient PPS… |
4025 | MM4025 | ||||
R662CP | October 2005 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) |
4035 | |||||
R461CP | Processing Durable Medical Equipment (DME), Orthotics, Prosthetics, Drugs, and Surgical… |
3674 | MM3674 | ||||
R156OTN | New Patient Status Code to Define Discharges or Transfers to a Critical Access Hospital (CAH)… |
3829 | MM3829 | ||||
R64FM | For Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs), a new Provider Type 80, Status Code CH, and Method of… |
3641 | |||||
R635CP | Financial Liability for Services Subject to Home Health Consolidated Billing |
3948 | MM3948 | ||||
R602CP | Expansion of Various Alpha and Numeric Fields with in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System… |
3767 | MM3767 | ||||
R570CP | Common Working File (CWF): Addition of Disease Management Auxiliary File |
3887 | |||||
R533CP | Modification to the Common Working File (CWF) Edit Process for Non-Assigned Medicaid… |
3842 | |||||
R547CP | Revision to the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and Physician Scarcity Area (PSA)… |
3822 |