New ICD-10 Video Featuring AHIMA & AHA; upcoming ICD-10 testing, and other Medicare News

The MLN Connects™ Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, December 11, 2014 View this edition as a PDF In This Edition: MLN Connects™ National Provider Calls Certifying Patients for the Medicare Home Health Benefit — Last Chance to Register ESRD QIP Payment Years 2017 and 2018 Final Rule — Registration Opening Soon MLN Connects™ Videos Coding for ICD-10-CM: More of the Basics CMS Events Volunteer for ICD-10 End-to-End Testing in April — Registration Opening Soon QRDA I and III Submissions for Eligible Professionals eHealth Provider Webinar Physician Compare Virtual Office Hour Session Announcements New CMS Rules Enhance Medicare Provider Oversight; Strengthens Beneficiary Protections New Requirements for Prescribers of Medicare Part D Drugs ESRD PPS Low-Volume Payment Adjustment: Act by December 31 Eligible Hospitals Must Attest By December 31 to Receive 2014 EHR Incentive Financial Incentives and Ability to Exchange Clinical Information Found to be Top Reasons for EHR Adoption HHS Awards $36.3 Million in Affordable Care Act Funding to Reward and Expand Quality Improvement in Health Centers See the Big Picture with Open Payments Search Tool Enhancements Contractor Assists Hospitals in Reporting Inpatient Quality Data Updates to IRIS Software Access Your 2013 QRUR 2012 Supplemental QRURs Available to Group Practices EHR Incentive Programs: Protect Electronic Health Information Core Objective Get Ready Now for ICD-10 Claims, Pricers, and Codes January 2015 Average Sales Price Files Now Available Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products “Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10) Testing Approach” MLN Matters® Article — Revised “Provider Enrollment Requirements for Writing Prescriptions for Medicare Part D Drugs” MLN Matters® Article — Revised “Skilled Nursing Facility Billing Reference” Fact Sheet — Revised The Basics of Internet-based PECOS for DMEPOS Suppliers” Fact Sheet — Reminder New Medicare Learning Network® Provider Compliance Fast Fact Medicare Learning Network® Products Available In Electronic Publication Format Submit Your Feedback on the Medicare Learning Network® Learning Management System and Product Ordering System Is the eNews meeting your needs? Give us your feedback!