Transmittals

Replacing Home Health Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAPs) with a Notice of Admission (NOA) -- Implementation

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Transfers Between Hospitals

Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting (CKCC) - Payment and Benefit Enhancements - Implementation

File Conversions Related to the Spanish Translation of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Descriptions

Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) Updates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022

Implementation of the Capital Related Assets Adjustment (CRA) for the Transitional Add-on Payment Adjustment for New and Innovative Equipment and Supplies (TPNIES) Under the End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System (ESRD PPS)

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Annual Update: Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Changes for FY 2022

Waiver of Coinsurance and Deductible for Screening for Lung Cancer with Low Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT)

Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Claims Processing Updates

Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) - Instructions to Remove Co-insurance/Deductible Multi-Carrier System (MCS) Logic

Clarifying Instructions for Billing and Processing Claims with Multiple Units to Indicate the Length of Time Per Home Infusion Therapy Service Visit

New Waived Tests

Update to Hospice Payment Rates, Hospice Cap, Hospice Wage Index and Hospice Pricer for FY 2022

Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Coverage of Costs for Kidney Acquisitions in Maryland Waiver (MW) Hospitals for Medicare Advantage (MA) Beneficiaries

National Coverage Determination (NCD) Removal

Additional Payment Edits for DMEPOS Suppliers of Custom Fabricated and Prefabricated (Custom Fitted) Orthotics. Update to Change Request

National Coverage Determination (NCD 110.24): Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy - This CR Rescinds and Fully Replaces

National Coverage Determination (NCD 110.24): Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy - This CR Rescinds and Fully Replaces

Replacing Home Health Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAPs) with a Notice of Admission (NOA) -- Implementation

National Coverage Determination (NCD) Removal