Informal Review for Payment Adjustments Extended to 12/16

The MLN Connects® Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Can't view the image? Read the eNews! View this edition as a PDF In This Edition: MLN Connects® Events National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and QAPI Call — Last Chance to Register Medicare Quality Reporting Programs: 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Call — Register Now ESRD QIP: Access PY 2016 Performance Score Report and Certificates Call — Register Now ESRD QIP: Payment Year 2019 Final Rule Call — Registration Now Open New MLN Connects National Provider Call Audio Recording and Transcript Announcements Release of the 2016 DMEPOS Fee Schedules December 1 is World AIDS Day: The Time to Act is Now Comments on Tobacco Treatment Measures due December 4 2016 Value Modifier Informal Review Deadline Extended to December 16 2016 PQRS Payment Adjustment: Informal Review Deadline Extended to December 16 Claims, Pricers, and Codes Smoking Cessation Claims Editing Incorrectly Home Health Billing Codes Changing January 1 Medicare Learning Network® Publications Clarification of Patient Discharge Status Codes and Hospital Transfer Policies MLN Matters® Article — Revised Verify Your Profile Information in the Learning Management/Product Ordering System New Educational Web Guides Fast Fact Like the eNews? Have suggestions? Please let us know! The Medicare Learning Network®, MLN Connects®, and MLN Matters® are registered trademarks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).