CMS MLN Connects™ Weekly Provider eNews

The MLN Connects™ Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, August 7, 2014

View the MLN Connects™ Provider eNews                                                        Unable to view this link? See the archive. In This Edition: MLN Connects™ National Provider Calls How to Interpret Your 2012 Supplemental Quality and Resource Use Report — Last Chance to Register National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes: Improved Care Transitions —Register Now Continuing Education for Participation in MLN Connects™ National Provider Calls New MLN Connects™ National Provider Call Audio Recordings and Transcripts CMS Events Special Open Door Forum: Medicare's Expanded Prior Authorization for Power Mobility Devices Demonstration Announcements FY 2015 Payment and Policy Changes for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities FY 2015 Payment and Policy Changes for Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities FY 2015 Payment and Policy Changes for Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities FY 2015 Updates to the Wage Index and Payment Rates for the Medicare Hospice Benefit Vaccines Are Not Just for Kids Are You Providing an Annual Wellness Visit to Your Medicare Patients? Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative LTCH Quality Reporting Program FY 2016 Second Quarter Submission Deadline is August 15 IRF Quality Reporting Program FY 2016 First Quarter Submission Deadline is August 15 Extension of Temporary Moratoria on Enrollment of New Home Health Agencies, Home Health Agency Sub-units and Part B Ambulance Suppliers Part D Payment for Drugs for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Medicare Hospice CMS to Release a Comparative Billing Report on Immunohistochemistry and Special Stains in August EHR Incentive Program: Learn More about the Stage 2 Electronic Notes Menu Objective Tips to Streamline Your Open Payments System Registration Correction to July 31 Article: Get Ready for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding – Get Licensed Claims, Pricers, and Codes 2015 ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM POA Exempt Lists Now Available Adjustment of Some Hospital Claims for Therapy Services MLN Educational Products “Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014” Podcast — 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 “Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10) Testing Approach” MLN Matters® Article — Revised “Special Instructions for the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification 10th Edition (ICD-10-CM) Coding on Home Health Episodes that Span October 1, 2015” MLN Matters® Article — Revised MLN Product Available In Electronic Publication Format Is the eNews meeting your needs? Give us your feedback!