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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R3205CP | Quarterly Update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) - April CY 2015 Update… |
9104 | MM9104 | ||||
SE18025 | Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Response to the 2018 California Wildfires |
SE18025 | |||||
R1468OTN | Identification of Obsolete Shared System Maintainer (SSM) Reports |
9022 | |||||
SE20006 | NCD 20.4 Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators (ICDs) |
SE20006 | |||||
R3199CP | Revisions to Medicare Claims Processing Manual for Foreign, Emergency and Shipboard Claims |
8940 | |||||
R3196CP | Payment Repairs to Capped Rental Equipment Prior to the End of the 13-Month Cap |
9062 | MM9062 | ||||
SE17033 | Medicare Does Not Pay Acute-Care Hospitals for Outpatient Services They Provide to Beneficiaries… |
SE17033 | |||||
R1467OTN | Reporting Force Balance Claim Payment on the Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) 835 and Cross… |
9050 | MM9050 | ||||
R1469OTN | Develop Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) for Appeals Workload in Preparation for Implementation of… |
9036 | |||||
R3175CP | Percutaneous Image-guided Lumbar Decompression (PILD) for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS)-Blinded… |
8954 | MM8954 |