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 | Subject | Implementation Date | CR # | Provider Education | Provider Education Release Date Sort descending | Provider Education Revision Date |
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R69CP | Criteria for Using the CB Modifier |
2906 | |||||
R29GI | 2005 Scheduled Release for October Updates to Software Programs and Pricing/Coding Files |
3999 | |||||
R1153CP | Claim Status Category Code and Claim Status Code Update |
5430 | |||||
R656OTN | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 005010 837 Institutional (837I)… |
6849 | |||||
R456CP | Independent Laboratory Billing for the Technical Component (TC) of Physician Pathology Services… |
3675 | |||||
R891OTN | Update to the Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) Companion Guide |
7373 | |||||
R358OTN | Instructions for Non-MSP Debts Returned to Agency (RTA) from the Department of Treasury From… |
6082 | |||||
R637OTN | Common Working File (CWF) Edit to Reject Claims for Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Provided to… |
6695 | |||||
R876OTN | Upgrade of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR)… |
7347 | |||||
R1098OTN | Addition of New Common Working File (CWF) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Utilization Edit Codes… |
7605 |