CMS MLN Connects™ Weekly Provider eNews: Open Payments Data & Hospital Compare Call

The MLN Connects™ Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, October 2, 2014 View the MLN Connects™ Provider eNews                                                                  View this edition as a PDF In This Edition: MLN Connects™ National Provider Calls Hospital Compare Star Ratings: Overview of HCAHPS Star Ratings — Last Chance to Register Hospital Appeals Settlement Update — Last Chance to Register Overview of the 2013 Quality and Resource Use Reports — Registration Opening Soon Transitioning to ICD-10 — Register Now New MLN Connects™ National Provider Call Audio Recording and Transcript CMS Events Special Open Door Forum: Star Ratings on Dialysis Facility Compare Announcements National Breast Cancer Awareness Month CMS Makes First Wave of Drug and Device Company Payments to Teaching Hospitals and Physicians Public Get Ready for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding – Common Ownership and Common Control PQRS GPRO Registration Extended Until October 3 Volunteers Sought for ICD-10 End-to-End Testing in January: Forms due October 3 Comply with MAC Request for Fingerprints within 30 Days CMS Announces Availability of 2013 Quality and Resource Use Reports EHR Incentive Program: CMS Attestation System Open ICD-10 Compliance Date Is October 1, 2015 Claims, Pricers, and Codes ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting Available Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products “Hospital-Acquired Conditions and Present on Admission Indicator Reporting Provision” Fact Sheet — Revised "Medicare Appeals Process" Fact Sheet — Revised Medicare Learning Network® Products Available In Electronic Publication Format New Medicare Learning Network® Provider Compliance Fast Fact Is the eNews meeting your needs? Give us your feedback!