CMS MLN Connects™ Weekly Provider eNews

The MLN Connects™ Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, July 17, 2014

View the MLN Connects™ Provider eNews                                                      Unable to view this link? See the archive. In This Edition: MLN Connects™ National Provider Calls Open Payments (the Sunshine Act): Registration, Review, and Dispute — Last Chance to Register ESRD Quality Incentive Program: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for PY 2017 and 2018 — Last Chance to Register 2015 Medicare PFS Proposals for PQRS, Value Modifier, EHR Incentive Program, and the Physician Compare Website— Last Chance to Register National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes: Improved Care Transitions —Registration Now Open CMS Events PERM Cycle 3 Provider Education Webinar/Conference Call Session Announcements DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Round 2 Recompete and National Mail-Order Recompete Announced World Hepatitis Day – July 28 Health Care Innovation Awards to Provide Better Health Care and Lower Costs Open Payments System Registration Began July 14 Open Payments Review and Dispute Process Began July 14 and Ends August 27 EHR Incentive Programs: Summary of Care Meaningful Use Requirements in Stage 2 New PQRS FAQs Available FAQs on PQRS MAV Process Available Claims, Pricers, and Codes Update to the CWF Qualifying Stay Edit C7123 for Inpatient SNF Claims Hold Any Adjustments to Method II CAH Claims that Include Services for a Surgical Assistant Correction to Inappropriately Returned Hospice Claims July 2014 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Pricer File Update MLN Educational Products "Medicare Billing: 837I and Form CMS-1450” Web-Based Training Course — Released "Medicare Secondary Payer for Providers, Physicians, Other Suppliers, and Billing Staff” Fact Sheet — Revised “Advance Payment Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model” Fact Sheet — Revised “Summary of Final Rule Provisions for Accountable Care Organizations under the Medicare Shared Savings Program” Fact Sheet — Revised “Methodology for Determining Shared Savings and Losses under the Medicare Shared Savings Program” Fact Sheet — Revised “Accountable Care Organizations: What Providers Need to Know” Fact Sheet — Revised “Improving Quality of Care for Medicare Patients: Accountable Care Organizations” Fact Sheet — Revised “Medicare Shared Savings Program and Rural Providers” Fact Sheet — Revised "Diagnosis Coding: Using the ICD-9-CM” Web-Based Training Course — Reminder New Continuing Education Association Now Accepting MLN Web-Based Training Courses MLN Products Available In Electronic Publication Format MLN Products Now Available In Hardcopy Format Is the eNews meeting your needs? Give us your feedback!

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