2023-10-26-MLNC

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CMS Roundup (Oct 20, 2023)

You may be interested in these topics from the CMS Roundup:

Update on the Executive Order to Lower Prescription Drug Costs
Information on Three National Coverage Determinations
Tools and Resources as Annual Medicare Open Enrollment Period Begins
Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model Final Evaluation

Nursing Facility Evaluation and Management Visits: Comparative Billing Report in October

This month, CMS will issue a Comparative Billing Report (CBR) on Medicare Part B claims for nursing facility evaluation and management visits. Use the data-driven report to compare your billing practices with those of peers in your state and across the nation.

Look for an email from cbrpepper.noreply@religroupinc.com to access your report.

More Information:

View a webinar recording
Visit the CBR website, and register for a live webinar on November 8 from 3-4 pm ET

Claims, Pricers, & Codes

Conditional Payment Claims: Continue to Submit to Your Medicare Administrative Contractor

Continue to submit conditional payment claims to your A/B or DME Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC). This includes situations when there’s no Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) record for a patient.

Don’t contact the Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center to create or update MSP records. You may provide MSP information on claims you submit to your A/B or DME MAC, and they’ll create or update these records.

See Section 40.6 of the Medicare Secondary Payer Manual, Chapter 5 (PDF) for more information.

Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement: CY 2024 HCPCS Code

Effective January 1, 2024, CMS will add the following HCPCS code to the home health consolidated billing non-routine supply code list: A9272 - wound suction, disposable, includes dressing, all accessories and components, any type, each.

See the instruction to your Medicare Administrative Contractor (PDF).

HCPCS Application Summaries & Coding Decisions: Drugs & Biologicals

CMS published the 2023 HCPCS Application Summary for Quarter 3, 2023 Drugs and Biologicals. See HCPCS Level II Coding Decisions for more information.

Events

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System: Coverage Requirements Webinar — November 29

Wednesday, November 29 from 1:30–2:30 pm ET

During this webinar, CMS will:

Review Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) coverage requirements from pre-admission to discharge
Provide a refresher on existing payment requirements and answer common IRF PPS Helpdesk questions

After the webinar, we’ll post a recording on the IRF PPS webpage.

When certain claims are payable beyond the timely filing limit
How to handle claims when you can’t submit a patient assessment

Publications

Medicare Secondary Payer: Don’t Deny Services & Bill Correctly — Revised

Learn what’s changed (PDF), including:

Ongoing responsibility for medicals indicator
Billing in liability insurance situations

Information for Patients

2024 Medicare & You Handbook

Share the 2024 Medicare & You Handbook with your patients and their caregivers. Encourage them to switch to electronic versions of the Handbook and Medicare Summary Notices.

New and important this year:

Saving money on prescription drugs
Lower costs for insulin and vaccines
Changes to telehealth coverage
Managing and treating chronic pain
Better mental health care
More times to sign up for Medicare
COVID-19 care

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