Innovations

Chronic Care Management (CCM)

• Chronic Care Management (CPT Code 99490)
• Chronic Care Management Services
• Frequently Asked Questions about Physician Billing for Chronic Care Management Services

Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP)

• Become a Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Supplier
• Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program – Billing and Payment Fact Sheet
• Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program – Enrollment Checklist
• Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program – Enrollment News
• Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program – Frequently Asked Questions
• Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program – Preparing to Enroll as an MDPP Supplier
• Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program – Quick Reference Guide to Payment and Billing
• Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program – Valid Claims
• National Diabetes Prevention Program

Preventive Services

• Alcohol Misuse Screening and Counseling
• Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) in the New Year
• Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) and Initial Preventive Physical Examinations (IPPEs) versus "Routine Examinations"
• August is National Immunization Awareness Month
• Breast Cancer Screening and Mammography
• Contractor and Common Working File (CWF) Additional Instructions Related to Change Request (CR) 7633 - Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse
• Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use - Reminder
• Coverage of Vaccines: Part B vs. Part D
• CWF Editing for Vaccines Furnished at Hospice - Correction
• Editing Update for Annual Wellness Visit (AWV)
• Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services for Calendar Year (CY) 2013
• Influenza Vaccine Invoice
• Influenza Vaccine Payment Allowances - Annual Update for 2013-2014 Season
• Intensive Behavioral Therapy (IBT) for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
• Intensive Behavioral Therapy (IBT) for Obesity
• Intensive Behavioral Therapy (IBT) for Obesity
• Kentucky Immunization Vaccines 
• Mammography Services Billing Reminder
• March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• May is Mental Health Awareness Month
• May is National Osteoporosis Awareness Month
• Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program: Valid Claims
• National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Screening for Colorectal Cancer Using CologuardT - A Multitarget Stool DNA Test [MLN Matters MM9115]
• CMS Seasonal Influenza Virus Vaccines Pricing
• October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Ohio Immunization Vaccines 
• Physicians: Are You Treating Men?
• Preventive Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
• Preventive and Screening Services - Update - Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity, Screening Digital Tomosynthesis Mammography, and Anesthesia Associated with Screening Colonoscopy [MLN Matters MM8874]
• Preventive Web Resources
• Prostate Cancer Screenings
• Recovery of Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) Overpayments
• Reminder – Medicare Now Provides Coverage for Eligible Medicare Beneficiaries of a One-Time Ultrasound Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) When Referred for this Screening as a Result of the Initial Preventive Physical Examination ("Welcome to Medicare" Physical Exam)
• Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse
• Screening for Depression in Adults
• Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and High Intensity Behavioral Counseling (HIBC) to Prevent STIs
• "Specialized" Flu Vaccines
• Submitting Claims for Flu and Pneumonia Vaccines When Medicare is the Secondary Payer