MLN Connects® for Thursday, August 22, 2019
New Medicare Card: Read the Updated MLN Matters Article
News
- Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings: Upcoming Enhancement
- Pneumococcal Vaccine Eligibility Data Issue
- Venipuncture: Comparative Billing Report in August
- SNF Provider Preview Reports: Review Your Data by September 16
- SNF PPS Patient Driven Payment Model: Get Ready for Implementation on October 1
- Promoting Interoperability: 2019 Program Requirements for Hospitals
- Quality Payment Program Exception Applications
- Hospice Compare Refresh
- Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program: Become a Medicare Enrolled Supplier
- CBRs: We Want Your Feedback
Compliance
- Ambulance Fee Schedule and Medicare Transports
Claims, Pricers & Codes
- MACRA Patient Relationship Categories and Codes: Reporting HCPCS Level II Modifiers
Events
- Understanding Your SNF VBP Program Performance Score Report Call — August 27
- Dementia Care: Supporting Comfort and Resident Preferences Call — September 10
MLN Matters® Articles
- New Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) Get It, Use It — Reissued
- Medicare Coverable Services for Integrative and Non-pharmacological Chronic Pain Management
- Quarterly Update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) – October 2019 Update
- Manual Update to Sections 1.2 and 10.2.1 in Chapter 18 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual
- Quarterly Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Drug/Biological Code Changes - October 2019 Update
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Annual Update: Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Changes for FY 2020 — Revised
Publications
- MLN Catalog September 2019 Edition
- Ambulance Fee Schedule and Medicare Transports
- QPP: New Resources
- Getting Started with Hospice CASPER Review and Correct Reports
- Behavioral Health Integration — Revised
- Critical Access Hospital — Revised
- Swing Bed Services — Revised
- Screening Pap Tests and Pelvic Examinations Booklet — Revised
- Hospices: CASPER QM Fact Sheet — Updated
Posted 8/22/2019