Thursday, May 7, 2015

MLN Connects Provider eNews

MLN Connects® Provider eNews for April 30, 2015
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In This Edition:

MLN Connects® National Provider Calls
  • Medicare Acute Care Quality and Reporting Programs — Register Now 
  • 2014 Mid-Year QRURs – Save the Date 
  • New MLN Connects® National Provider Call Video Slideshow, Audio Recordings and Transcripts 

CMS Events
  • Participate in Final ICD-10 Acknowledgement Testing Week: June 1 through 5 
  • Special Open Door Forum: Home Health Patient Survey Star Ratings 

Announcements
  • Proposed FY 2016 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Payment and Policy Changes 
  • Proposed FY 2016 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Payment and Policy Changes 
  • Focusing on Women’s Health 
  • Open Payments Physician and Teaching Hospital Review and Dispute Period Ends May 20 
  • Notices of Intent to Apply for Medicare Shared Savings Program January 1, 2016, Start Date Due by May 29 
  • 2015 PV-PQRS GPRO Registration is Open 
  • Participation Continues to Rise in Medicare PQRS and eRx Incentive Program 
  • Antipsychotic Drug use in Nursing Homes: Trend Update 
  • Five Facts about ICD-10 
  • 2014 Mid-Year QRURs Available 

Claims, Pricers, and Codes
  • April 2015 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Pricer File Update 
  • Coding for ICD-10-CM: Continue to Report CPT/HCPCS Modifiers for Laterality 

Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products
  • “Physicians and Non-Physician Practitioners Reported on Part A Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Claims” MLN Matters® Article — Released 
  • “Accreditation for Ventilators” MLN Matters® Article — Released 
  • “The Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program Repairs and Replacements” Fact Sheet — Revised 
  • New Medicare Learning Network® Provider Compliance Fast Fact 
  • Subscribe to the Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products and MLN Matters® Electronic Mailing Lists