Author Archives for Shannon Flynn

CMS Updates ICD-10 and ICD-9 Valid Code Lists for 2025
October 28, 2024 4:44 pm Comments Off on CMS Updates ICD-10 and ICD-9 Valid Code Lists for 2025The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published updated ICD-10 and ICD-9 valid and...

CMS Updates NGHP User Guide to Version 7.7
October 21, 2024 8:32 pm Comments Off on CMS Updates NGHP User Guide to Version 7.7by F. Fairchok The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published an update to...

MSPN Annual Conference Recap
October 18, 2024 7:53 pm Comments Off on MSPN Annual Conference RecapBy M. Heberling and D. Dietz The National MSP Network held their annual educational conference...

CMS Discusses Section 111 Best Practices and More on NGHP Webinar
September 16, 2024 6:17 pm Comments Off on CMS Discusses Section 111 Best Practices and More on NGHP WebinarUpdated: 01/06/25 – CMS provided an updated link to slides from their September 12 webinar on the What’s...

Understanding Medicare’s Three-Year Dates of Service Limitation
September 6, 2024 8:41 pm Comments Off on Understanding Medicare’s Three-Year Dates of Service Limitationby P. Czuprynski The Medicare Secondary Payer Act requires reimbursement from an insurer or self-insured...

Will Lower Drug Price Negotiations Impact MSAs?
August 28, 2024 4:16 pm Comments Off on Will Lower Drug Price Negotiations Impact MSAs?by B. Smith In a press release issued this month, CMS noted that the Biden-Harris...

CMS to Host Section 111 NGHP Reporting Webinar on September 12
August 22, 2024 9:55 pm Comments Off on CMS to Host Section 111 NGHP Reporting Webinar on September 12The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar on Thursday, September...

CMS Releases WCMSA Reference Guide v4.1 and Self-Administration Toolkit v1.6
August 9, 2024 3:27 pm Comments Off on CMS Releases WCMSA Reference Guide v4.1 and Self-Administration Toolkit v1.6by D. Dietz CMS recently published Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide version 4.1,...

CMS Issues NGHP Secondary Payer Reference Guide for Beneficiaries
August 1, 2024 2:41 pm Comments Off on CMS Issues NGHP Secondary Payer Reference Guide for Beneficiariesby P. Czuprynski The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) has released version 1.0...