Recently Released MLN Matters Articles of Particular Interest
* MLN Matters Article #MM7014 - Home Health Agencies (HHAs) Providing Durable Medical Equipment (DME) in Competitive Bidding Areas The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released MLN Matters Article #MM7014 to alert Home Health Agencies (HHAs) that edits will be in place, effective for services on or after January 1, 2011, to prevent them from billing competitively-bid DME items in competitive bidding areas and consequently, preventing the inappropriate payment of competitively-bid DME items to HHAs. For more details, please read the article at http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM7014.pdf on the CMS website. * MLN Matters Article #MM7080 - Timely Claims Filing: Additional Instructions The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released MLN Matters Article #MM7080 to expand the Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) reimbursement instructions outlined in Change Request 6960 that specified the basic timely filing standards established for FFS reimbursement. Those basic standards are a result of Section 6404 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), which states that claims with dates of service on or after January 1, 2010, received later than one calendar year beyond the date of service will be denied by Medicare. For more details, please read the article at http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM7080.pdf on the CMS website. * MLN Matters Article #MM6934 - Durable Medical Equipment National Competitive Bidding Implementation -- 10G: Paying for Oxygen Equipment when Grandfathered The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released MLN Matters Article #MM6934 to alert suppliers that a non-contract supplier who chose to be a grandfathered supplier for oxygen and oxygen equipment should also furnish additional oxygen equipment when medically necessary after the start of a Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program to beneficiaries residing in a Competitive Bidding Area (CBA) who are already receiving oxygen equipment from the grandfathered supplier, as described in Change Request 6934. For more details, please read the article at http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM6934.pdf on the CMS website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listser vs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX> ) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS <http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS> ). Thank you.
