CMS Wants to Hear from You! Comment on Proposed Payment & Policy Changes

The MLN Connects® Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, April 23, 2015 Can't view the image? Read the eNews! View this edition as a PDF In This Edition: MLN Connects® National Provider Calls Medicare Acute Care Quality and Reporting Programs — Registration Now Open New MLN Connects® National Provider Call Audio Recording and Transcript CMS Events Special Open Door Forum: Home Health Electronic and Paper Clinical Templates Announcements Proposed FY 2016 Skilled Nursing Facility Payment and Policy Changes Proposed FY 2016 Inpatient and Long-Term Care Hospital Payment and Policy Changes DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Round 1 2017 Announced National Minority Health Month CMS Releases Hospital Compare Star Ratings New Hospice Reports Available in CASPER CMS to Release Transthoracic Echocardiography Comparative Billing Report in May CMS to Award Special Innovation Projects for Partnership-Driven Quality Improvement Projects CMS is Accepting Suggestions for Potential PQRS Measures Claims, Pricers, and Codes Coordination of Benefits Issue Impacting Outpatient Hospital Claims Updated: Correcting the Display Issue for OPPS Claims Where Value Code “FD” Is Present Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products “Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities” Podcast — Released “Vaccine and Vaccine Administration Payments under Medicare Part D” Fact Sheet — Revised “Home Health Prospective Payment System” Fact Sheet — Revised “Medicare Fraud and Abuse: Prevention, Detection, and Reporting” Web-Based Training Course — Revised New Medicare Learning Network® Educational Web Guides Fast Fact Like the eNews? Have suggestions? Please let us know!