Thursday, June 25, 2015

MLN Connects Provider eNews for June 25th, 2015

MLN Connects® Provider eNews for June 25, 2015
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In This Edition:

Countdown to ICD-10
  • ICD-10 Deadline: October 1, 2015 
  • ICD-10 Training Series for Small and Rural Practices 
  • Claims that Span the ICD-10 Implementation Date 
  • ICD-10 FAQs: CMNs, Prescriptions, and Orders 
  • Coding for ICD-10-CM: Continue to Report CPT/HCPCS Modifiers for Laterality 
  • Transition to ICD-10 for Home Health 

MLN Connects® National Provider Calls
  • ESRD QIP System Training — Registration Now Open 
  • ESRD QIP: Reviewing Your Facility's PY 2016 Performance Data — Register Now 
  • 2016 PFS Proposed Rule: Medicare Quality Reporting Programs — Register Now 
  • ESRD QIP: Proposed Rule for Payment Year 2019 — Register Now 

MLN Connects® Events
  • IQCP for CLIA Laboratory Non-waived Testing: Workbook Tool — Webcast 

Announcements
  • Are You Providing an Annual Wellness Visit to Your Medicare Patients? 
  • Affordable Care Act Payment Model Saves More than $25 Million in First Performance Year 
  • National Medicare Fraud Takedown Results in Charges against 243 Individuals for Approximately $712 Million in False Billing 
  • Changes to the Medicare Opt-Out Law for Physicians and Practitioners 
  • Corrections to eCQM Measures for 2016 Reporting 

Claims, Pricers, and Codes
  • July 2015 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Pricer File Update 
  • CY 2015 Home Health PPS Mainframe Pricer Software Available 

Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products
  • Medicare Learning Network® Products Available In Electronic Publication Format 
  • New Medicare Learning Network® Educational Web Guides Fast Fact