Medicare Part A News - Jurisdiction H for April 7th

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Medicare News

Jurisdiction H 2014 Medicare Symposium Brochure
The 2014 Medicare Symposium Brochure is now available! The brochure includes the event description, locations, the symposium agenda, course descriptions, and helpful event day reminders. Get all the details today and learn everything you need to know to attend our upcoming symposiums.


New Release of PEPPER for LTCHs
The Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) with statistics through September 2013 will be available for download through the Secure PEPPER Access page at PEPPERresources.org beginning April 7, 2014.


JH Part A Top Claim Submission Errors
The Part A Top Claim Submission Errors for March 2014 have been posted. Please review resolutions to the errors that may impact you.


March 2014 Medicare Part A Newsletter
The March 2014 Newsletter is now available! Please take a few moments to review


New Medicare Insights Weekly Podcasts Now Available
In this week's Medicare Insights Weekly podcast, we include a list of newly effective and retired policies and tell you about an update to the provider enrollment online status tool. In addition, we review more Novitas Educational Tips and Tools documents. Don't miss this episode. Download it today!

Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters Articles from CMS

New:

• SE1416 – Updating Beneficiary Information with the Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center (formerly known as the Coordination of Benefits Contractor)

Revised:

• MM8526 – Medicare National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Beta Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease

Rescinded:

• SE1205 – Updating Beneficiary Information with the Coordination of Benefits Contractor