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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R1586OTN | Eliminate Two Case-mix Payment Adjustments (Monoclonal Gammopathy and Bacterial Pneumonia)… |
9268 | |||||
R541CP | Correction to the use of Group Codes for The Enforcement of Mandatory Electronic Submission of… |
3815 | MM3815 | ||||
R3430CP | January 2016 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System |
9484 | MM9484 | ||||
R557CP | Clarifying Manual Instructions for Coding and Payment for Drug Administration Under the Hospital… |
3848 | MM3848 | ||||
R216BP | Advance Care Planning (ACP) as an Optional Element of an Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) |
9271 | MM9271 | ||||
R2GI | Scheduled Release for April Updates to Software Programs and Pricing/Coding Files |
3123 | |||||
R475CP | 1st Update to the 2005 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database |
3726 | MM3726 | ||||
R131DEMO | Implementing Payment Changes for FCHIP (Frontier Community Health Integration Project), Mandated… |
9165 | |||||
R102P | New Waived Tests--April 1, 2004 |
3061 | MM3571 | ||||
R22DEMO | Assignment of Non-Payment/Denial Code specific to the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Created… |
3770 |