MLN Connects® for Thursday, November 7, 2019

New Medicare Card: HICN Claims Reject January 1, 2020

New Medicare Card: HICN Claims Reject January 1, 2020
IRF/LTCH/SNF Quality Reporting Program: Submission Deadline Extended to November 18
MIPS Heart Failure Measure: Call for Public Comment Closes November 27
CAHs: Hardship Exception Application Deadline December 2
DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Surveys: Comment by December 20
MIPS: Virtual Group Election Period Open Through December 31
Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System: Starts January 1, 2020
Home Health Agency: Final OASIS D-1 Data Submission Specifications
MACRA Patient Relationship Categories and Codes: Learn More
Recommend Influenza Vaccination: Each Office Visit is an Opportunity

Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Payment System: Data Reporting Call — November 14
Ground Ambulance Organizations: Data Collection System Call — December 5

Addition of Medical Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRG) Subject to Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Replaced Devices Offered Without Cost or With a Credit Policy
Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Bonus Payments for All Mental Health Specialties
Quarterly Update to the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) Edits, Version 26.0, Effective January 1, 2020
April 2019 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) — Revised
Implementation to Exchange the List of Electronic Medical Documentation Requests (eMDR) for Registered Providers via the Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD) System — Revised

Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) Medicare Enrollment
Medicare Part B Immunization Billing: Seasonal Influenza Virus, Pneumococcal, and Hepatitis B — Revised

Posted 11/7/2019