CMS MLN Connects™ Weekly Provider eNews

The MLN Connects™ Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, May 29, 2014

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CMS MLN Connects™ Weekly Provider eNews

The MLN Connects™ Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, May 22, 2014

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ICD-10 Coding Basics Medicare Fee-For-Service National Provider Call

News Updates | May 15, 2014
ICD-10 Coding Basics Medicare Fee-For-Service National Provider Call On Wednesday, June 4, at 1:30-3pm ET, the Medicare Learning Network will be hosting an ICD-10 Coding Basics National Provider Call. To Register: Visit MLN Connects™ Upcoming Calls. Space may be limited, register early. HHS expects to release an interim final rule in the near future that will include a new compliance date that would require the use of ICD-10 beginning October 1, 2015. Providers would have an extra year to prepare. During this MLN Connects™ National Provider Call, join us for a keynote presentation on more ICD-10 coding basics by Sue Bowman from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), along with updates from CMS. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. Agenda: CMS updates, including the partial code freeze and 2015 code updates Why ICD-9-CM is being replaced with ICD-10-CM Benefits of ICD-10-CM Similarities and differences from ICD-9-CM Coding: Process of assigning a diagnosis code, 7th character, placeholder "x,” excludes notes, unspecified codes, external cause of injury codes, type of encounter Documentation tips How to obtain answers to coding questions How to request modifications to ICD-10-CM Target Audience: Medical coders, physicians, physician office staff, nurses and other non-physician practitioners, provider billing staff, health records staff, vendors, educators, system maintainers, laboratories, and all Medicare providers Continuing education credit may be awarded for participation in certain MLN Connects Calls. Visit the Continuing Education Credit Information web page to learn more. Keep Up to Date on ICD-10. Visit the CMS ICD-10 website for the latest news and resources to help you prepare. Sign up for CMS ICD-10 Industry Email Updates and follow us on Twitter.
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Register to View the Live Webcast Sessions during the CMS eHealth Summit

Join CMS on Monday, May 19 to hear about important eHealth topics The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites you to view the live webcast sessions during theCMS eHealth Summit on Monday, May 19, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET. Please join CMS and health care industry leaders to: Get the latest on Administrative Simplification initiatives Learn more about Information Governance for Healthcare through a panel led by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Hear from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) on health IT and its impact on care delivery and payment reform Join in on a Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) panel discussion onquality initiatives and the impact they have on primary care Register Today All summit sessions will be webcast live. You must be registered to view the live webcast sessions. If you have not yet registered, please register to view the live webcast sessions. A link to access the live webcast sessions will be emailed to all registrants prior to the summit. To view the summit agenda, please click here. Want more information about CMS eHealth? Make sure to visit the CMS eHealth website for the latest news and updates.Subscriber Services: Manage Preferences | Unsubscribe

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CMS MLN Connects™ Weekly Provider eNews

The MLN Connects™ Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, May 8, 2014

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ICD-10 Compliance Date and End-to-End Testing Information

The MLN Connects™ Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Friday May 2, 2014

ICD-10 Compliance Date On April 1, 2014, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) (Pub. L. No. 113-93) was enacted, which said that the Secretary may not adopt ICD-10 prior to October 1, 2015. Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expects to release an interim final rule in the near future that will include a new compliance date that would require the use of ICD-10 beginning October 1, 2015. The rule will also require HIPAA covered entities to continue to use ICD-9-CM through September 30, 2015. July ICD-10 End-to-End Testing Canceled: Additional Testing Planned for 2015 CMS planned to conduct ICD-10 testing during the week of July 21 through 25, 2014, to give a sample group of providers the opportunity to participate in end-to-end testing with Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and the Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI) contractor. The July testing has been canceled due to the ICD-10 implementation delay. Additional opportunities for end-to-end testing will be available in 2015.

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ICD-10 Update

News Updates | May 1, 2014
ICD-10 Update On April 1, 2014, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) (Pub. L. No. 113-93) was enacted, which said that the Secretary may not adopt ICD-10 prior toOctober 1, 2015. Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expects to release an interim final rule in the near future that will include a new compliance date that would require the use of ICD-10 beginning October 1, 2015. The rule will also require HIPAA covered entities to continue to use ICD-9-CM throughSeptember 30, 2015.
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