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For Immediate Release

MLN Connects® Provider eNews for April 14, 2016 

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In This Edition:


MLN Connects® Events

  • Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO Application Process Call - Last Chance to Register
  • 2016 PQRS Reporting: Avoiding 2018 Negative Payment Adjustments Call - Last Chance to Register
  • National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and QAPI Call - Register Now
  • How to Register for the 2016 PQRS Group Practice Reporting Option Call - Registration Now Open
  • 2015 Mid-Year QRURs Webcast - Registration Now Open

Other CMS Events

  • Learn about the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program at Open Door Forum
  • IRF Quality Reporting Program Provider Training

Medicare Learning Network® Publications and Multimedia

  • Enforcement of the PHP 20 Hours per Week Billing Requirement MLN Matters® Article - New
  • Updates to Medicare's Organ Acquisition and Donation Payment Policy MLN Matters Article - New
  • CMS Provider Minute: CT Scans Video - New
  • Medicare Learning Network LM/POS FAQs Booklet - New
  • Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter Educational Tool - New
  • Provider Enrollment Requirements for Writing Prescriptions for Medicare Part D Drugs MLN Matters Article - Revised
  • ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes for Bone Mass Measurement MLN Matters Article - Revised
  • Medicare Secondary Payer Provisions Web-Based Training Course - Revised
  • Infection Control: Injection Safety Web-Based Training Course - Revised

Announcements

  • CMS Launches Largest-Ever Multi-Payer Initiative to Improve Primary Care in America
  • Submit Comments on QRDA Implementation Guide for HQR by April 18
  • IRF Quality Reporting Program Data Submission Deadline: May 15
  • LTCH Quality Reporting Program Data Submission Deadline: May 15
  • 2016 eCQMs Annual Update Available
  • EHR Incentive Programs 2016 Program Requirements: New Resources
  • ICD-10 Coding Resources
  • National Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16
  • April is National Minority Health Month

Claims, Pricers, and Codes

  • April 2016 OPPS Pricer File Update
  • Updates to HCPCS Code Set
 

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