CMS MLN Connects Weekly Newsletter · July 8, 2026 · Primary source
MLN Connects Newsletter for July 9, 2026
Summary
The July 9, 2026 MLN Connects newsletter covers a CLFS data reporting reminder with a July 31, 2026 deadline, an OIG compliance item on hospital bed and accessories improper payments with a 27.3% improper payment rate and $16 million projected improper payment amount in 2024, and a coding update clarifying that HCPCS code G0476 is the correct code for Medicare cervical cancer HPV screening every five years for asymptomatic female patients aged 30 to 65. An October 2026 update to Laboratory NCD edit software adds and deletes ICD-10-CM codes. CMS released FY 2025 PEPPERs for long-term acute care hospitals.
What this may mean
DMEPOS suppliers billing hospital beds and accessories face a 27.3% improper payment rate and $16 million in projected improper payments for 2024, signaling active OIG scrutiny of documentation and billing for these items. Applicable laboratories must complete CLFS private payor rate data reporting by July 31, 2026. Laboratories and payers must implement updated Laboratory NCD edit software adding and deleting ICD-10-CM codes effective October 2026.
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