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3/4/2024
Expansion of Preventive Coverage of Diabetes Screening Tests for Medicare Advantage Members (Retroactively Effective 01/01/2024)
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Retroactively effective to January 1, 2024, the purpose of this document is to communicate the addition of hemoglobin A1c blood test to the preventive coverage of diabetes screening test and to update the frequency of the diabetes screening tests for Medicare Advantage members.​
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2/26/2024
Coverage of the Administration at Home for Pneumococcal, Influenza, Hepatitis B, and COVID-19 Vaccination for Medicare Advantage Members (Retroactively Effective to 1/1/2024)
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To communicate the expansion of the administration at home procedure ​code to include additional vaccines (i.e., pneumococcal, influenza, hepatitis B) that can be administered in a home setting. ​
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2/12/2024
Coverage of the COVID-19 Vaccination for Medicare Advantage Members (Updated February 12, 2024. Retroactively Effective to January 1, 2024.)
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This communication provides notice regarding information and procedure codes related to the coverage of SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus Disease 2019 [COVID-19]) vaccines and administration of the vaccines​ that have been granted US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and/or have received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). Coverage of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines granted an EUA shall remain in effect during the applicable EUA declaration, unless the specific EUA for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine has been terminated and/or revoked. 

Coverage of the COVID-19 Vaccination for Medicare Advantage Members (Updated February 12, 2024. Retroactively Effective to January 1, 2024.)69cbcca3-61f4-42cb-9982-4d6ec2bbcee4
1/26/2024
01/01/2024 CPT & HCPCS Quarterly Code Update Coverage Determinations for Medicare Advantage Products (Updated January 26, 2024; Retroactively Effective January 1, 2024)
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The intent of this document is to communicate Medicare Advantage Product coverage determinations for services identified through the Quarterly Code Update process. Procedure codes that represent these services are retroactively effective to 01/01/2024, unless otherwise noted. ​​ 
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5/12/2023
Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)) for Independence Medicare Advantage Members (Updated May 12, 2023)
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The purpose of this communication is to provide advance notice regarding information and procedure codes related to testing for SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)) for Independence Medicare Advantage members. Additionally, this Company document identifies when coverage is provided for clinical purposes, and the not co​vered instances such as public health surveillance and screening. 

Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)) for Independence Medicare Advantage Members (Updated May 12, 2023)bbb097d3-f300-4610-a41e-d4d86cbcc5e2
4/29/2020
Direct Supervision Requirements for Incident to Services Performed by Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners (CRNPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs) in Response to COVID-19 (Updated December 15, 2021)
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The purpose of this News Article is to provide advance notice regarding direct supervision requirements for Incident to services performed by Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners (CRNPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs) in response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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