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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R516CP | Clarification for OPPS Hospitals Billing Initial Preventive Physical Exam (IPPE) |
3771 | MM3771 | ||||
R20DEMO | Full Replacement of CR 3220, Method of Reimbursement for Inpatient Services for Rural Hospitals… |
3707 | |||||
R101PI | Benefit Integrity (BI) PIM Revisions |
3579 | |||||
R39BP | Auditory Osseointegrated and Auditory Brainstem Devices |
4038 | MM4038 | ||||
R126PI | Implementation of Program Safeguard Contractor (PSC) Access to the VIPS Medicare Shared System (… |
3994 | |||||
R710CP | Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement |
4114 | MM4114 | ||||
R688CP | Appeals of Claims Decisions: Redeterminations and Reconsiderations (Implementation Dates for All… |
3944 | MM3944 | ||||
R667CP | Home Care and Domiciliary Care Visits (Codes 99321 - 99350) |
3922 | MM3922 | ||||
R451CP | April 2005 Quarterly Fee Schedule Update for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics,… |
3669 | MM3669 | ||||
R652CP | October Update to the 2005 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database |
4031 |