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July 25, 2013

MLN Connects ™ Provider e-News for Thursday, July 25, 2013

http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/FFSProvPartProg/Downloads/2013-07-25-Enews.pdfExternal PDF

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

MLN Connects™ National Provider Calls

  • How to Register to Select Your PQRS Group Reporting Option for 2013 — Last Chance to Register
  • 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 — Register Now
  • Payment Adjustments and Hardship Exceptions for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program — Registration Now Open
  • ICD-10 Basics — Register Now

Other Calls, Meetings, & Events

  • Special Open Door Forum: Suggested Electronic Clinical Template for Lower Limb Prostheses
  • Register for the Live Webcast of the August 2nd 2013 eHealth Summit

Announcements and Reminders

  • Don’t Miss Your Opportunity to Rate Your MAC
  • CMS Seeks Comments on Proposals to Update QIO Regulations
  • Data Show Electronic Health Records Empower Patients and Equip Doctors
  • CMS Announces New “OPEN PAYMENTS” Mobile Applications to Assist Physicians and Industry in Tracking Financial Relationships
  • Major Improvements to the Internet-based PECOS System
  • LTCH FY 2015 Payment Update Determination: Data Submission Deadlines
  • Basics of PQRS & eRx Educational Videos are Available on the CMS YouTube Channel

Claims, Pricer, and Code Updates

  • Update on Demand Letters and Claim Cancellations Associated with an Item or Service Provided to Incarcerated Beneficiaries
  • October 2013 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Pricer File Update

MLN Education Products Update

  • “Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter [Volume 3, Issue 4]” Educational Tool — Released
  • “Medicare Ambulance Transports” Booklet — Revised
  • “Opting out of Medicare and/or Electing to Order and Refer Services” MLN Matters® Article — Released
  • New MLN Educational Web Guides Fast Fact

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