MLN Connects® for Thursday, April 9, 2020
Important COVID-19 Updates
News
- CMS Approves Approximately $34 Billion for Providers with the Accelerated/Advance Payment Program for Medicare Providers in One Week
- COVID-19: Dear Clinician Letter
- COVID-19: Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services and Treatment Recommendations
- Quality Payment Program: MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Policy in Response to COVID-19
- Multi-Factor Authentication Requirement Delayed for PECOS, I&A, and NPPES
- Open Payments: Pre-Publication Review and Dispute through May 15
Claims, Pricers & Codes
- Pneumococcal Pneumonia Vaccination: Eligibility Transactions Includes DOS Starting April 13
Events
- Ground Ambulance Organizations: Data Collection for Medicare Providers Call — May 7
MLN Matters® Articles
- Supplier Education on Use of Upgrades for Multi-Function Ventilators
- Second Update to CR 11152 Implementation of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) — Revised
Publications
- Civil Rights, HIPAA, and COVID-19
- Medicare Advance Written Notices of Noncoverage — Revised
- Medicare Preventive Services — Revised
- Medicare Preventive Services Poster — Revised
Posted 4/9/2020