MLN Connects® for Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Patients Over Paperwork Newsletter
News
- FY 2019 Medicare FFS Improper Payment Rate Lowest Since 2010
- Patients Over Paperwork Newsletter
- Celebration of National Rural Health Day
- November is Home Care and Hospice Month
- World AIDS Day is December 1
Compliance
- Ambulance Fee Schedule and Medicare Transports
Events
- Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule Call — December 3
- Ground Ambulance Organizations: Data Collection System Call — December 5
MLN Matters® Articles
- Home Health Agencies (HHAs) Urged to Establish Access to the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) By December 23, 2019
- Claim Status Category and Claim Status Codes Update
- Implementation of Changes in the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Payment for Dialysis Furnished for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in ESRD Facilities for Calendar Year (CY) 2020
- Implement Operating Rules - Phase III Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) 360 Uniform Use of Claim Adjustment Reason Codes (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Codes (RARC) and Claim Adjustment Group Code (CAGC) Rule - Update from Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) CORE
- Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), Claims Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) and PC Print Update
- Update to Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance and Premium Rates for Calendar Year (CY) 2020
- Updating Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) Editing for Practice Locations to Bypass Mobile Facility and/or Portable Units and Services Rendered in the Patient's Home
- Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for January 2020 — Revised
Publications
- Quality Payment Program: MIPS and APM Resources
- ACOs: Beneficiary Engagement Toolkit and Case Studies
Multimedia
- Physician Fee Schedule and Hospital OPPS/ASC Call: Audio Recording and Transcript