Transmittals

Update the Multi-Carrier System (MCS) Criteria Location Movement Maintenance (CM) Screen

Addressing Potential Underpayment Issues For Critical Access Hospitals With Part A Rates That Exceeds Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) Field Size Limitation

Display Testing/Production Region Identifier in ViPS Medicare System (VMS) Automated Parameters (VMAP) Phase 1

The Fiscal Year 2025 CMS Internet Only Manual (IOM) Update to Publication (Pub.) 100-06, Chapter 5, 400.14 - Exhibit 14 - Protocol for Estimating Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts and 400.22 - Exhibit 22 - Accounts Receivable Trending Analysis Procedures.

International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) and Other Coding Revisions to National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) - October 2025.

Omnibus Change Request (CR) Covering Updates for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Rule 2025: (1) Updates to Colorectal Cancer Screening and Hepatitis B Vaccine Policies

Omnibus Change Request (CR) Covering Updates for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Rule 2025: (1) Updates to Colorectal Cancer Screening and Hepatitis B Vaccine Policies

Update to the Internet Only Manual (IOM) Publication (Pub.) 100-04, Chapter 32, Sections 150.4, 150.6, 200.2, 300.2, 400.2, 400.2.2, 400.2.3, 400.2.3.1, 400.2.4, and 400.3 for Coding Revisions to National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) - July 2025 Change Request (CR) 13939.

Updates to Chapter 1, Section 1.4 of Publication (Pub) 100-08 - Program Integrity Manual (PIM) To Clarify the Contractor Medical Director's Primary Functions

Updates to the Medical Record Documentation Guidance Within Publication (Pub.) 100-08, Program Integrity Manual (PIM)

Update to Publication 100-04, Chapter 12, Section 30.6.7 to Establish Payment Criteria for Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Add-on Code G2211 Billed on the Same Day as Identified Preventive Services

Laboratory Specimen Collection Travel Allowance Billing to the Tenth of a Mile

Allowing Additional Revenue Codes for Payment for Renal Dialysis Services Furnished to Individuals with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) beginning in Calendar Year (CY) 2025

Modifications to the National Coordination of Benefits Agreement (COBA) Medicare Claims Crossover Process

Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP

Quarterly Update for the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) – October 2025

Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), Claims Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) and PC Print Update

Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for October 2025

Pub 100-17 Medicare Business Partners Systems Security Manual Update

Update of a National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) Condition Code “63”, “Incarcerated Beneficiaries”