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Medicare Program; Updates to the Master List of Items Potentially Subject to Face-to-Face Encounter and Written Order Prior To Delivery and/or Prior Authorization Requirements; Updates to the Required Face-to-Face and Written Order Prior To Delivery List; and Updates to the Required Prior Authorization List
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this final rule in the Federal Register on May 13, 2024. It took effect on August 12, 2024.
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What the agency says
This document announces the updated Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes on the Master List. It also announces updates to the HCPCS codes on the Required Face-to-Face and Written Order Prior to Delivery List and the Required Prior Authorization List.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-10356
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Updates to the Master List of Items Potentially Subject to Face-To-Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery and/or Prior Authorization Requirements (the "Master List") and updates to the Required Face-to-Face and Written Order Prior to Delivery List and the Required Prior Authorization List
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- May 13, 2024
- Takes effect
- August 12, 2024
- Dates
- Implementation of updates to the Master List and the Required Face-to-Face and Written Order Prior to Delivery List are effective on August 12, 2024. Required prior authorization of newly added lumbar- sacral orthoses and lower limb orthoses is effective nationwide on August 12, 2024. Prior authorization of newly added osteogenesis stimulators will be implemented in two phases, with phase 1 including one State per Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractor (DME MAC) jurisdiction on August 12, 2024. The States included in phase 1 are California, Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania
- Docket
- CMS-6095-N
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 42 CFR 410; 42 CFR 414
- Pages
- 8
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