August 29, 2013
MLN Connects ™ Provider e-News for Thursday, August 29, 2013
https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/FFSProvPartProg/Downloads/2013-08-29-eNews.pdf![]()
This edition of the CMS e-News includes the following information:
MLN Connects™ National Provider Calls
- Program Year 2012 Quality and Resource Use Reports — Mapping a Route to Success for the 2015 Value-Based Payment Modifier — Registration Now Open
- Did You Miss These MLN Connects Calls?
MLN Connects™ Videos
- ICD-10: Implementation for Physicians, Partial Code Freeze, and MS-DRG Conversion Project
MLN Educational Products Update
- “Open Payments: An Overview for Physicians and Teaching Hospitals” MLN Matters® Article — Released
- “Transitional Care Management Services” Fact Sheet — Released
- “Medicare Dependent Hospital” Fact Sheet — Now Available in Electronic Publication Format
- “General Equivalence Mappings Frequently Asked Questions” Booklet — Revised
Announcements, Events, and Reminders
- Healthy Aging – It’s a Lifestyle Approach
- New Data Show Antipsychotic Drug Use is Down in Nursing Homes Nationwide
- Program Year 2012 QRURs for Group Practices Are Coming
- PV-PQRS Registration is Still Open
- Submit Suggestions for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Program
- Opportunity for Provider Input on the IRF Quality Reporting Program
- Learn how to Participate in the 2013 PQRS-Medicare EHR Incentive Pilot
- LTCH FY 2015 Payment Update Determination: Data Submission Deadlines
Claims, Pricer, and Code Updates
- FISS DDE Will Not be Available on Saturday, August 31
- Updated Reason Codes for Medicare Conditional Payment Policy and Billing Procedures for Liability, No-Fault, and Workers’ Compensation Medicare Secondary Payer Claims
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