MLN Connects for Thursday, December 11, 2025

Published 12/11/2025

MLN Connects® Newsletter for Thursday, December 11, 2025 [links-2.govdelivery.com]

News

* CMS Finalizes New DMEPOS Accreditation Provisions to Enhance Program Integrity
* Skilled Nursing Facilities: January 1 Revalidation Deadline Indefinitely Suspended
* Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals: Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports
* Institutional Provider Enrollment Application Fee: CY 2026
* Outpatient Prospective Payment System Drug Acquisition Cost Survey: Register & Create Your Account
* Home Intravenous Immune Globulin Items & Services: CY 2026 Rate Update
* Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly: Eligibility Response for Medicare Advantage Plan
* Information for Critical Access Hospitals

Compliance

* Skilled Nursing Facilities: Identify & Prevent Improper Part D Payments for Drugs

Claims, Pricers & Codes

* Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act Waived Tests: Reprocessing Incorrectly Denied Claims
* Home Health Prospective Payment System Grouper: January Update

MLN Matters® Articles

* Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: 2026 Annual Update
* Federally Qualified Health Center & Intensive Outpatient Program Payment Rates: CY 2026 Update
* Long-Term Hospice Stay: New Edit to Prevent Overpayment
* Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance & Premium Rates: CY 2026 Update
* Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Summary: CY 2026
* Rural Health Clinic & Intensive Outpatient Program Payment Rates: CY 2026 Update

Publications & Multimedia

* Medicare Preventive Services — Revised

From Our Federal Partners

* First Reported Outbreak Caused by Marburg Virus in Ethiopia


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