Current Report Articles
CMS Issues Change Request for CAH Method II Billing
CMS (June 19, 2026) – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued an MLN Matters change request for Method II Critical Access Hospital billing. Effective Monday, June 29, CAHs will be required to bill professional services that have rendering NPIs at the line level. Medicare also must be able to determine the line-level rendering professional for each outpatient service on a combined billing claim.
--Shannan Flach