What’s New in 2016 for Quality Reporting? New Videos

The MLN Connects® Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, March 10, 2016 Can't view the image? Read the eNews! View this edition as a PDF In This Edition: MLN Connects® Events Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO: Preparing to Apply for 2017 Call — Registration Opening Soon IMPACT Act: Data Element Library Call — Registration Now Open Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO Application Process Call — Registration Opening Soon Medicare Learning Network® Publications and Multimedia Videos on Medicare Quality Reporting — New Swing Bed Services Fact Sheet — Revised Rural Health Clinic Fact Sheet — Revised Diagnosis Coding: Using the ICD-9 Web-Based Training — Revised Announcements CMS Proposes to Test New Medicare Part B Prescription Drug Models HHS Reaches Goal of Tying 30 Percent of Medicare Payments to Quality Ahead of Schedule 2016 Value Modifier Results and Upward Payment Adjustment Factor Open Payments System Registration for Physicians and Teaching Hospitals 2015 PQRS Data Submission Deadlines EHR Incentive Programs: Attest to 2015 Program Requirements by March 11 Hospice, IRF, LTCH, SNF, HHA: QIES System Downtime from March 16 through 21 Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings TEP Call for Nominations through March 18 Home Health Agencies: Register for HHCAHPS before April 1 Next Generation ACO Model Second Application Cycle: Letter of Intent due May 2 New ST PEPPER Available Five Ways Patients Can Become Informed Medicare Consumers March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Claims, Pricers, and Codes April 2016 Average Sales Price Files Available 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).