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.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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