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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
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