CMS MLN Connects™ Weekly Provider eNews

The MLN Connects™ Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, July 10, 2014 Thank you to everyone who provided feedback  on your experience with the eNews. We are making a few improvements to the eNews format and delivery. Starting this week, each edition of the eNews will be posted on a separate CMS web page, in the archive, so content can easily be copied and shared with your colleagues. We will also be including a preview table of contents in your weekly email. Please continue to tell us how we can improve the eNews. View the MLN Connects™ Provider eNews In This Edition: MLN Connects™ National Provider Calls ESRD Quality Incentive Program: Reviewing Your Facility's PY 2015 Performance Data — Last Chance to Register Open Payments (the Sunshine Act): Registration, Review, and Dispute — Registration Now Open ESRD Quality Incentive Program: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for PY 2017 and 2018 — Register Now 2015 Medicare PFS Proposals for PQRS, Value Modifier, EHR Incentive Program, and the Physician Compare Website— Register Now New MLN Connects™ National Provider Call Video Slideshow, Transcript, and Audio Recording  Announcements Proposed Policy and Payment Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for CY 2015 CMS Proposes Hospital Outpatient and ASCs Policy and Payment Changes for CY 2015 Medicare Proposes Updates for the ESRD PPS, Quality Incentive Program, and DMEPOS Open Payments System Registration Begins Mid-July Open Payments Review and Dispute Process Begins in Mid-July Hospice Item Set Help and Available Resources Delay in Implementing NCD for Single Chamber and Dual Chamber Cardiac Pacemakers Groups: Remember to Register for 2014 PQRS GPRO Participation by September 30 EHR Incentive Programs: Interactive Tool to Help Providers Understand 2014 CEHRT NPRM EHR Incentive Programs: Changes in the Vital Signs Core Objective in 2014  Claims, Pricers, and Codes Barcoded Coversheets Required for CERT Documentation Submissions New Schedule for CERT Documentation Requests as of May, 2014 CERT Datasets Posted Looking for CERT Information? Quarterly Provider Specific Files for the Prospective Payment System Now Available  MLN Educational Products “Medicare Signature Requirements - Educational Resources for Health Care Professionals” MLN Matters® Article — Released “ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, and HCPCS Code Sets” Educational Tool — Released "The Medicare Overpayment Collection Process" Fact Sheet — Revised “Medicare Physician Fee Schedule” Fact Sheet — Revised “Medicare Ambulance Transports” Booklet — Revised MLN Product Available in Electronic Publication Format Is the eNews meeting your needs? Give us your feedback! Please share this important information with your colleagues and encourage them to subscribe to the eNews.  Previous issues are available in the archive.