Transmittals

Summary of Policies in the Calendar Year (CY) 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule, Telehealth Originating Site Facility Fee Payment Amount and Telehealth Services List, and CT Modifier Reduction List

Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for April 2018

Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule – Medicare Travel Allowance Fees for Collection of Specimens

Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix J, Part II – Interpretive Guidelines – Responsibilities of Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID)

January 2018 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)

January 2018 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 19.0

Updated Editing of Always Therapy Services - MCS

Affordable Care Act Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative - Recurring File Updates Models 2 and 4 April 2018 Updates

IVIG Demonstration: Payment Update for 2018

IVIG Demonstration: Payment Update for 2018

Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (NGACO) Year Three Benefit Enhancements

Shared System Enhancement 2015: Removing/Archiving Obsolete On Request Jobs within the Multi-Carrier System (MCS)

Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 and 2015 Worksheet S-10 Revisions: Further Extension for All Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals

Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 and 2015 Worksheet S-10 Revisions: Further Extension for All Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals

Line Level versus Claim Level Reporting – Analysis Only

Shared System Enhancement 2015: Identify Inactive Medicare Demonstration Projects within the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System - (Removing/Archiving demonstration codes 38, 42 and 43)

Replacement of Mammography HCPCS Codes, Waiver of Coinsurance and Deductible for Preventive and Other Services, and Addition of Anesthesia and Prolonged Preventive Services

Replacement of Mammography HCPCS Codes, Waiver of Coinsurance and Deductible for Preventive and Other Services, and Addition of Anesthesia and Prolonged Preventive Services

Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for January 2018

Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for January 2018