Medicare MAC News

General news

• Nothing new to report

JE Part A

• November 2 - Quarterly Update to the MPFSDB - October 2020 Update Revised
• November 2 - Special Provisions for Radiology Additional Documentation Requests
• November 3 - MLN Connects Special Edition - November 3, 2020 - ESRD & Home Health Payment Rules
• November 3 - Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation (PVA) for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture (VCF) Final LCD; Billing and Coding: Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation (PVA) for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture (VCF) Final LCD and LCA Effective January 10, 2021
• November 5 - Hospital Discharge Status Assistance
• November 6 - Computed Tomography Cerebral Perfusion Analysis (CTP) Final LCD; Billing and Coding: Computed Tomography Cerebral Perfusion Analysis (CTP) Final LCA-Effective December 13, 2020
• November 6 - How to Recognize an SMRC Audit

JE Part B

• November 2 - Quarterly Update to the MPFSDB - October 2020 Update Revised
• November 2 - Update to Chapter 10 of Publication (Pub.) 100-08 - Enrollment Policies for HIT Suppliers
• November 2 - Special Provisions for Radiology Additional Documentation Requests
• November 3 - Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation (PVA) for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture (VCF) Final LCD; Billing and Coding: Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation (PVA) for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture (VCF) Final LCD and LCA Effective January 10, 2021
• November 5 - International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) and Other Coding Revisions to NCDs -- April 2021
• November 5 - Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Enrollment Webinar - December 9, 2020

JF Part A

• See above section, nothing new to report

JF Part B

• See above section, nothing new to report

JA DME

• November 3 - Lower Limb Prosthesis Prior Authorization Webinar - December 3, 2020
• November 3 - Insulin and Insulin Infusion Pumps Webinar - December 2, 2020
• November 3 - Same and Similar - DME Webinar - December 2, 2020
• November 3 - Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment Webinar - December 1, 2020
• November 3 - External Infusion Pumps Webinar - December 3, 2020
• November 4 - IVIG Demo Conclusion and Next Steps Webinar - November 23, 2020
• November 4 - IVIG Demonstration Conclusion and Next Steps Webinar - November 23, 2020
• October 16 - Hospital Bed DME on Demands
• November 5 - Primary Care First Model Demonstration Project - Nurse Practitioners as Certifying Physicians for Therapeutic Shoes and Inserts
• November 5 - Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants as Certifying Physicians for Therapeutic Shoes and Inserts

JD DME

• See above section, nothing new to report