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March 6, 2018

CMS Provider Education Message:

MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 8, 2018 External Website
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News & Announcements

  • MyHealthEData Initiative Puts Patients at the Center of the US Health Care System
  • New Medicare Card Transition Begins In Less Than a Month
  • MACRA Funding Opportunity: Measure Development for the Quality Payment Program
  • IRF and LTCH Compare Refresh
  • Quality Payment Program: Submit 2017 Participation Data through March 31
  • EHR Incentive Program: Hospitals Submit Proposals for New Measures until June 29
  • PEPPER for Short-term Acute Care Hospitals
  • DME Supplier Feedback on Telephone Discussion and Reopening Process Demonstration
  • EHR Incentive Programs FAQs
  • Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Homes: Trend Update
  • Help Your Patients Go Further With Food

Provider Compliance

  • Bill Correctly for Device Replacement Procedures — Reminder

Claims, Pricers & Codes

  • April 2018 Average Sales Price Files

Upcoming Events

  • Low Volume Appeals Settlement Option Update Call — March 13
  • National Patient Safety Week Panel Discussion — March 13
  • Open Payments: The Program and Your Role Call — March 14
  • QRDA Category I Implementation Guide for CY 2018 Hospital Quality Reporting Webinar — March 19
  • Dementia Care: Person-Centered Care Planning and Practice Recommendations Call — March 20
  • E/M Services: Documentation Guidelines and Burden Reduction Listening Session — March 21

Medicare Learning Network® Publications & Multimedia

  • Provider Compliance Tips for Glucose Monitors Fact Sheet — New
  • Provider Compliance Tips for Manual Wheelchairs Fact Sheet — New
  • Provider Compliance Tips for Ordering Lower Limb Prostheses Fact Sheet — New
  • Provider Compliance Tips for Laboratory Tests – Bacterial Cultures Fact Sheet — New
  • Provider Compliance Tips for Wheelchair Options/Accessories Fact Sheet — New
  • Provider Compliance Tips for Ostomy Supplies Fact Sheet — New
  • Provider Compliance Tips for Ordering Oxygen Supplies and Equipment Fact Sheet — New
  • Provider Compliance Tips for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Fact Sheet — New
  • Provider Compliance Tips for Surgical Dressings Fact Sheet — New
  • Provider Compliance Tips for Urological Supplies Fact Sheet — New
  • Low Volume Appeals Settlement Call: Video Presentation — New
  • ESRD QIP Call: Audio Recording and Transcript — New
  • Rural Health Clinic Fact Sheet — Revised

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