MLN Connects® for Thursday, February 13, 2020

Protect Your Patients from Influenza

• MLN Connects® for Thursday, February 13, 2020
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News

• DMEPOS Items Subject to Prior Authorization
• Influenza Activity Continues: Are Your Patients Protected?

Compliance

• Proper Coding for Specimen Validity Testing Billed in Combination with Urine Drug Testing

Events

• Substance Use Disorders: Availability of Benefits Listening Session — February 18
• Ground Ambulance Organizations: Reporting Volunteer Labor Call — February 20
• Dementia Care: CMS Toolkits Call — March 3
• Hospice Item Set Data Submission Requirements Webinar — March 3
• Part A Providers: QIC Appeals Demonstration Call — March 5
• Ground Ambulance Organizations: Data Collection for Public Safety-Based Organizations Call — March 12

MLN Matters® Articles

• Update to the Home Health Grouper for New Diagnosis Code for Vaping Related Disorder
• Updates to Ensure the Original 1-Day and 3-Day Payment Window Edits are Consistent with Current Policy
• Update to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) for Vaping Related Disorder — Revised
• January 2020 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) — Revised

Publications

• Diabetes Management Resources
• Caring for Medicare Patients is a Partnership — Revised

Multimedia

• MAC Listening Session: Audio Recording and Transcript

Posted 2/13/2020