MLN Connects® Provider eNews for May 7, 2015
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In This Edition:
MLN Connects™ National Provider Calls
• Medicare Acute Care Quality and Reporting Programs for Hospitals — Last Chance to Register
• 2014 Mid-Year QRURs — Registration Now Open
• National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and QAPI — Registration Now Open
• ICD-10: Preparing for Implementation and New ICD-10-PCS Section X — Registration Now Open
• New MLN Connects® National Provider Call Audio Recording and Transcript
CMS Events
• Final Opportunity to Volunteer for ICD-10 End-to-End Testing in July — Forms Accepted May 11 through 22
• Participate in Final ICD-10 Acknowledgement Testing Week: June 1 through 5
• Webinar for Comparative Billing Report on Transthoracic Echocardiography
• Final Opportunity to Volunteer for ICD-10 End-to-End Testing in July — Forms Accepted May 11 through 22
• Participate in Final ICD-10 Acknowledgement Testing Week: June 1 through 5
• Webinar for Comparative Billing Report on Transthoracic Echocardiography
Announcements
• Proposed Updates to Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rates
• May is National Osteoporosis Month
• Medicare Coverage for Viral Hepatitis
• New CDC Measles Information and Resources
• HHS Announces $101 Million in Affordable Care Act Funding to 164 New Community Health Centers
• Amendment to Disproportionate Share Hospital Ruling
• Inpatient Hospital Probe and Educate Extension
• Quality Reporting Programs: Updated 2014 eCQMs for 2016 Reporting
• CMS Announces the Physician Quality Reporting Programs Strategic Vision
• ICD-10 Resources for Medicare Providers
• Five More Facts about ICD-10
• Medscape Article for CME Credit: Improving Quality of Care through Care Coordination
• EHR Proposed Rules Available for Comment: Stage 3 Comments Due by May 29
• FY 2016 Inpatient and LTCH PPS Proposed Rule: Comment Period Ends June 16
• CMS is Accepting Suggestions for Potential PQRS Measures
• Proposed Updates to Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rates
• May is National Osteoporosis Month
• Medicare Coverage for Viral Hepatitis
• New CDC Measles Information and Resources
• HHS Announces $101 Million in Affordable Care Act Funding to 164 New Community Health Centers
• Amendment to Disproportionate Share Hospital Ruling
• Inpatient Hospital Probe and Educate Extension
• Quality Reporting Programs: Updated 2014 eCQMs for 2016 Reporting
• CMS Announces the Physician Quality Reporting Programs Strategic Vision
• ICD-10 Resources for Medicare Providers
• Five More Facts about ICD-10
• Medscape Article for CME Credit: Improving Quality of Care through Care Coordination
• EHR Proposed Rules Available for Comment: Stage 3 Comments Due by May 29
• FY 2016 Inpatient and LTCH PPS Proposed Rule: Comment Period Ends June 16
• CMS is Accepting Suggestions for Potential PQRS Measures
Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products
• “The Medicare Home Health Benefit” Web-Based Training Course — Released
• “Resources for Medicare Beneficiaries” Fact Sheet — Revised
• “Medicare Part B Immunization Billing” Educational Tool — Reminder
• Medicare Learning Network® Products Available In Electronic Publication Format
• “Medicare Part B Immunization Billing” Educational Tool — Reminder
• Medicare Learning Network® Products Available In Electronic Publication Format
