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In This Edition:
- MLN Connects™ National Provider Calls
- National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes and QAPI — Register Now
- Physician Quality Reporting Programs: Reporting Once in 2015 — Registration Now Open
CMS Events
- Participate in ICD-10 Acknowledgement Testing Week: March 2 through 6, 2015
- It’s Still Flu Season
- CMS Strengthens Five Star Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes
- EHR Incentive Program: Deadline to Register Intent for a Public Health Measure is March 1
- Hospital Engagement Network Solicitation: Responses due March 30
- Medicare Geographic Reclassification under the IPPS Wage Index for FY 2016
- New FAQs on CY 2015 DMEPOS Medicare Payment Final Rule
- CMS to Release Comparative Billing Report in March on Modifier 25: Nurse Practitioners
- Sterilization of Ophthalmologic Surgical Instruments
- Two New ICD-10 Videos
Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products
- “Medicare Basics Commonly Used Acronyms” Educational Tool — Released
- “Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) Claims Processing Guidance for Implementing International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10) – A Re-Issue of MM7492” MLN Matters® Article —Revised
- “The Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program - A Better Way for Medicare to Pay for Medical Equipment” Fact Sheet — Revised
- New Medicare Learning Network® Educational Web Guides Fast Fact
- Medicare Learning Network® Products Available In Electronic Publication Format
New:
- MM8993 – Healthcare Provider Taxonomy Codes (HPTCs) April 2015 Code Set Update
- MM9011 – Incorporation of Revalidation Policies into Pub. 100-08, “Program Integrity Manual (PIM),” Chapter 15
Revised:
Part A Open Issues
Preventive and Screening Services associated with MM8874, Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity, Screening Digital Tomosynthesis Mammography, and Anesthesia with Screening Colonoscopy that were being held in location SM8874 have all been released.
First Quarter 2015 Medicare Report
Are you wondering what's been going on with Medicare Part B since the Fourth Quarter of 2014? Wonder no more! Stay up to date with the latest Medicare Part B information by reading the First Quarter 2015 Medicare Report currently available on our website. Get caught up. Read it today!
First Quarter 2015 Medicare Report
Are you wondering what's been going on with Medicare Part B since the Fourth Quarter of 2014? Wonder no more! Stay up to date with the latest Medicare Part B information by reading the First Quarter 2015 Medicare Report currently available on our website. Get caught up. Read it today!
