Transmittals

Direct Mailing Notification to Hospice Providers Regarding the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model, Hospice Benefit Component, Participating Medicare Advantage Organizations

CY 2024 Home Infusion Therapy (HIT) Payment Rates and Instructions for Retrieving the January 2024 Home Infusion Therapy (HIT) Services Payment Rates Through the CMS Mainframe Telecommunications System

April 2024 Bi-Annual Update of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM)

Calendar Year 2024 Update for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule

Instructions for Retrieving the 2024 Pricing and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Data Files through CMS' Mainframe Telecommunications Systems

Hospice Benefit Policy Manual Updates Related to the Addition of Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) or Mental Health Counselors (MHCs) to the Hospice Interdisciplinary Team

Enforcing Billing Requirements for Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) Services with Revenue Code 0905 for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and Rural Health Clinics (RHC)

Making Care Primary (MCP) Model Implementation

Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Annual Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment

April 2024 Update to the Medicare Severity – Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) Grouper and Medicare Code Editor (MCE) Version 41.1

Hospice Benefit Policy Manual Updates Related to the Addition of Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) or Mental Health Counselors (MHCs) to the Hospice Interdisciplinary Team

Separate Payment for Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Devices on Home Health Prospective Payment System Claims

Separate Payment for Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Devices on Home Health Prospective Payment System Claims

New Waived Tests 

Diagnosis Code Update for Add-on Payments for Blood Clotting Factor Administered to Hemophilia Inpatients

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

Summary of Policies in the Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule, Telehealth Originating Site Facility Fee Payment Amount and Telehealth Services List, CT Modifier Reduction List, and Preventive Services List

Implementation of Changes in the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Payment for Dialysis Furnished for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in ESRD Facilities for Calendar Year (CY) 2024

January 2024 Annual Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) Monthly Facility Payment Amount

Combined Common Edits/Enhancements Modules (CCEM) Code Set Update