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  CMS Posts Detailed Agenda for June 8 Public Meeting on HCPCS Level II Codes for DME and Accessories . . .
  CMS Instructions Provide DMEPOS Fee Schedule Update for Quarter Starting in July . . .
  OIG Publishes Correction to Fraud Alert on DME Suppliers . . .
  CMS Awards Funds Under Home Health P4P Demo . . .
  Medicare Contractors -- Requirements for Certain Services (Subscription Content) . . .
  CMS Instructions Address DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Exception for Beneficiaries Previously Enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Plan . . .
  CMS Instructions Add Separately Billable HCPCS Repair Codes . . .
  CMS Instructions Address Payment for Oxygen Replacement Equipment in Event of Supplier Bankruptcy . . .
  CMS Releases Interim Final Rule to Implement Reform Law Provisions on Provider/Supplier Enrollment, Ordering, Documentation . . .
  CMS Instructions Provide New SNF PPS Codes in Advance of October 1 Transition to RUG-IV System . . .
  CMS Issues Instructions on Paying for Grandfathered Oxygen Equipment Under DMEPOS Competitive Bidding . . .
  CMS Instructions Address Requirements for Revoking Billing Privileges of Providers, Suppliers . . .
  CMS Instructions Address Meshing of Oxygen Capped Rental Requirements with DMEPOS Competitive Bidding . . .
  CMS Instructions Revise Home Health Consolidated Billing Requirements . . .
  CMS Instructions Remove Provider Reporting Requirement for Certain Therapy Visit Codes . . .
  CMS Releases Updated PC Pricer Files for Inpatient PPS, SNF PPS . . .
  CMS Instructions Address Reform Law's Rural Add-On for Home Care PPS . . .
  Senate Aging Committee Releases Statements, Other Resources from Hearing on Use of Broadband, Other Technologies to Assist Aging in Place . . .
  CMS Proposed Information Collections Address Drug Plans, Quality, Other Topics . . .
  GAO Recommends Strengthening of CMS Program for Poorly Performing Nursing Homes . . .
  CMS Posts Updated Skilled Nursing Facility PPS PC Pricer . . .
  OIG Report Addresses Medical Equipment Claims for Which NPI is Same for Referring Physician and Supplier . . .
  CMS Issues Revised Instructions on DMEPOS Claims Processing Edits . . .
  CMS Posts Proposed Information Collection on DME Competitive Bidding . . .
  CMS Releases Updated Files on Medically Unlikely Edits . . .
 
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