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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R494CP | April 2005 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Code Editor (OPPS OCE) Specifications Version 6… |
3743 | MM3743 | ||||
R45QRI | Payments to Hospice Agencies That Do Not Submit Required Quality Data |
9091 | MM9091 | ||||
R24DEMO | Instructions for Affiliated Contractors Involved in the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC)… |
3773 | |||||
R3285CP | Screening for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Adults ? Implementation of Additional Common Working… |
9200 | MM9200 | ||||
R112PI | Requirement that Part B/Carriers Submit All Provider Addresses to the Comprehensive Error Rate… |
3805 | |||||
R598PI | Proof and Date of Delivery |
9149 | |||||
R31DEMO | Physician's Voluntary Reporting Program (PVRP) |
4183 | |||||
R3280CP | July 2015 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) |
9205 | MM9205 | ||||
SE19002 | Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) Removal from the Medicare Inpatient-Only (IPO) List and… |
SE19002 | |||||
R737CP | New ICD-9-CM Codes for Beneficiaries with Chronic Kidney Disease and new HCPCS for reporting… |
4108 | MM4108 |