What’s Happening With Medicare This Week?

The MLN Connects® Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, April 9, 2015 Can't view the image? Read the eNews! View this edition as a PDF In This Edition: MLN Connects® National Provider Calls Open Payments (Sunshine Act) 2015: Prepare to Review Reported Data — Last Chance to Register How to Register for the PQRS Group Practice Reporting Option in 2015 — Last Chance to Register Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO: Application Process — Register Now  CMS Events Volunteer for ICD-10 End-to-End Testing in July — Forms Due April 17 Webinar for Comparative Billing Report on Ophthalmology Announcements Results From March 2015 ICD-10 Acknowledgement Testing Week Prepare for a Successful Transition to ICD-10 with Medicare Testing Resources 2015 PV-PQRS GPRO Registration is Now Open Open Payments Physician and Teaching Hospital Review and Dispute Period Began April 6 EHR Stage 3 Proposed Rule: Comment Period Closes May 29 Medscape Article for CME Credit: Public Reporting on Quality and Payments Claims, Pricers, and Codes Mass Adjustment of OPPS Claims with APC 1448 April 2015 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Pricer File Update January 2015 PPS Provider Data Available — Revised Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products “Food and Drug Administration Approval of First Biosimilar Product” MLN Matters® Article —Released “Discontinued Coverage of Vacuum Erection Systems (VES) Prosthetic Devices in Accordance with the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014” MLN Matters® Article — Released “Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Claims Coding & CY2015 per Diem Payment Rates” MLN Matters® Article — Released “Medicare Information for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Anesthesiologist Assistants, and Physician Assistants” Booklet — Revised “The ABCs of the Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE)” Educational Tool — Revised “The ABCs of the Annual Wellness Visit (AWV)” Educational Tool — Revised Like the eNews? Have suggestions? Please let us know!