July 5, 2013
MLN Connects ™ Provider e-News for Thursday, July 4, 2013
http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/FFSProvPartProg/Downloads/2013-07-04-Enews.pdf
This edition of the CMS e-News includes the following information:
MLN Connects™ National Provider Calls
- CMS National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes — Register Now
- Medicare Shared Savings Program Application Process Question and Answer Session — Register Now
- Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs for Eligible Professionals: In-depth Overview of Clinical Quality Measures for Reporting Beginning in 2014 — Registration Now Open
- CMS Proposals for PQRS and Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 2014 Proposed Rule — Register Now
- Choosing Your PQRS Group Reporting Mechanism and Implications for the Value-based Payment Modifier — Register Now
- Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs National Provider Call Series — Update
- ESRD Quality Incentive Program: Reviewing Your Facility’s Payment Year 2014 Performance Data – Save the Date
- OPEN PAYMENTS — Policy Updates on Payments & the Physician Resource Toolkit — Save the Date
Previous MLN Connects Calls: New Materials Available
- Audio Recording and Written Transcript from June 18 “PQRS and eRx Incentive Program Payment Adjustment” Call Now Available
- Audio Recording and Written Transcript from June 20 “Medicare Shared Savings Program Application Process: Application Review” Call Now Available
Other Calls, Meetings, & Events
- Medicare Shared Savings Program Application Submission Call: Training on the Health Plan Management System Hospice Software Developer/Vendor Call
Announcements and Reminders
- Medicare Proposes Provisions for the ESRD Prospective Payment System, Quality Incentive Program, and Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies
- CMS Proposes Payment Changes for Medicare Home Health Agencies for 2014
- Compare Website Redesigned to Help Consumers Search for Physicians
- Medicare Contracting Reform Website: New Name and URL Starting July 11
- Update to a 2014 eCQM Measure for Eligible Professionals
- The ICD-10 Deadline is October 1, 2014
Claims, Pricer, and Code Updates
- Additional Time to Establish Protocols for Newly Required Face-to-Face Encounters for DME
- Medicare Secondary Payment Adjustment Information
- FDG Positron Emission Tomography for Solid Tumors and Myeloma: Data Collection Ends Under the National Oncologic PET Registry
- 2014 ICD-10-CM Code Updates Now Available
- Updates to DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program Fact Sheets: Hospital and Physician Exceptions
MLN Education Products Update
- OIG Recovery Audit Findings MLN Matters® Articles – Released
- “Health Care Professional Frequently Used Web Pages” Educational Tool — Released
- “Detailed Written Orders and Face-to-Face Encounters” MLN Matters® Article — Revised
- “Payment Related to Prior Authorization for Power Mobility Devices (PMD)” MLN Matters® Article — Revised
- “Medicare Physician Fee Schedule” Fact Sheet — Revised
- “DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program: Physicians and Other Treating Practitioners Who Are Enrolled as Medicare DMEPOS Suppliers” Fact Sheet — Revised
- “DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program: Hospitals That Are Not Contract Suppliers” Fact Sheet — Revised
- “The Basics of Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) for Physicians and Non-Physician Practitioners” Fact Sheet — Revised
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