MLN Connects Calls: Learn from the CMS Experts

The MLN Connects® Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, March 12, 2015 Can't view the image? Read the eNews! View this edition as a PDF In This Edition: MLN Connects® National Provider Calls Physician Quality Reporting Programs:  Reporting Once in 2015 — Last Chance to Register Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO: Preparing to Apply for 2016 — Registration Now Open Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO: Application Process — Registration Now Open New MLN Connects® National Provider Call Audio Recording and Transcript CMS Events ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting Webinar for Comparative Billing Report on Modifier 25: Nurse Practitioners Announcements Affordable Care Act Initiative Builds on Success of ACOs Physician-owned Hospital Initial Annual Ownership/Investment Report: Extension of Filing Deadline New ST PEPPER Available Medicare EHR Incentive Program: Hardship Exceptions for Hospitals due April 1 EHR Incentive Program: Part B Drugs and Payment Adjustments Claims, Pricers, and Codes April 2015 Average Sales Price Files Now Available FY 2015 Inpatient PPS PC Pricer Update Available FY 2014 Inpatient PPS PC Pricer Update Available Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products  “Guidance on the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) 2013 Reporting Year and 2015 Payment Adjustment for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)” MLN Matters® Article — Released  “Global Surgery” Fact Sheet — Revised  “Guidelines for Teaching Physicians, Interns, and Residents” Fact Sheet — Revised “Mental Health Services” Booklet — Revised “Medicare Vision Services” Fact Sheet — Reminder “HIPAA Privacy and Security Basics for Providers” Fact Sheet — Reminder Medicare Learning Network® Products Available In Electronic Publication Format Like the eNews? Have suggestions? Please let us know!