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July 18, 2013

CMS Medicare FFS Provider e-News for Thursday, July 18, 2013

http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/FFSProvPartProg/Downloads/2013-07-18Enews.pdfExternal PDF

This edition of the CMS e-News includes the following information:

National Provider Calls

  • Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs for Eligible Professionals: In-depth Overview of Clinical Quality Measures for Reporting Beginning in 2014 — Last Chance to Register
  • Stage 1 and Stage 2 of Meaningful Use for the EHR Incentive Programs — Last Chance to Register
  • CMS Proposals for PQRS and Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 2014 Proposed Rule — Last Chance to Register
  • Choosing Your PQRS Group Reporting Mechanism and Implications for the Value-based Payment Modifier — Register Now
  • ESRD Quality Incentive Program: Reviewing Your Facility's Payment Year 2014 Performance Data — Register Now
  • Open Payments: Policy Updates on Payments and the Physician Resource Toolkit — Register Now
  • ESRD Quality Incentive Program Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Payment Year 2016 — Registration Now Open
  • Payment Adjustments and Hardship Exceptions for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program — Registration Opening Soon
  • ICD-10 Basics — Register Now

Announcements and Reminders

  • How’s the Service Provided by Your MAC?
  • Medicare Provides Coverage for Hepatitis B for Eligible Beneficiaries
  • Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations Succeed in Improving Care, Lowering Costs
  • Medicare Contracting Reform Website: New Name and URL
  • PV-PQRS Registration System Opening July 15
  • Data Submission Deadline for the IRF and LTCH Quality Reporting Programs: August 15
  • Review New and Updated FAQs on the EHR Incentive Programs

Claims, Pricer, and Code Updates

  • Demand Letters to Medicare Providers and Suppliers Associated with an Item or Service Provided to Incarcerated Beneficiaries
  • Final Update for ICD-9-CM Codes Now Available

MLN Educational Products Update

  • New MLN Provider Compliance Fast Fact
  • “Transitional Care Management Services” Fact Sheet — Released
  • “Medicare Coverage of Imaging Services” Fact Sheet — Revised
  • “ICD-10-CM/PCS Myths and Facts — Revised
  • “ICD-10-CM/PCS The Next Generation of Coding — Revised
  • “Remittance Advice Resources” Fact Sheet—Reminder
  • “Remittance Advice Information: An Overview” Fact Sheet — Reminder
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