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In This Edition:
- MLN Connects™ National Provider Calls
- 2015 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule: Changes to Physician Quality Reporting Programs — Registration Now Open
- National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes — Register Now
- Certifying Patients for the Medicare Home Health Benefit — Registration Now Open
- New MLN Connects™ National Provider Call Audio Recordings and Transcripts
- Participate in ICD-10 Acknowledgement Testing Week: November 17 through 21, 2014
- Recognizing Lung Cancer Awareness Month and the Great American Smokeout
- Dialysis Facility Compare Star Ratings and Data Release for January 2015
- Coverage of Speech Generating Devices
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Proposed Rule
- PQRS Negative Payment Adjustment
- FY 2016 IRF Quality Reporting Program Submission Deadline: November 15
- FY 2016 LTCH Quality Reporting Program Submission Deadline: November 15
- OASIS Updates for Home Health Agencies
- Get Ready for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding
- EHR Incentive Program: Deadlines for 2014 Hospital Reporting on November 30
- Changes to Medicare EHR Incentive Program Hardship Exceptions
- ICD-10 Resources for Small Physician Practices on Medscape
Claims, Pricers, and Codes
- ICD-10 MS-DRG v32 Definitions Manual and Medicare Code Editor Files Available
- 2015 HCPCS Annual Update
- Acute Inpatient PPS FY 2015.2 Software Release Available
- FDG PET for Solid Tumors: Claims Hold Extension
Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products
- "Safeguarding Your Medical Identity” Web-Based Training Course — Revised
- “Medicare Enrollment and Claim Submission Guidelines” Booklet — Revised
- “Medicaid Program Integrity: Understanding and Preventing Provider Medical Identity Theft” Booklet — Revised
- “Medicaid Program Integrity: Preventing Provider Medical Identity Theft” Fact Sheet — Revised
- “Medicaid Program Integrity: Safeguarding Your Medical Identity Using Continuing Medical Education (CME)” Educational Tool — Revised
- Medicare Learning Network® Products Available in Electronic Publication Format
