MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 5, 2019

DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Surveys: Comment by December 20

• MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 5, 2019
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News

• Direct Contracting Risk-Sharing Options: Submit Letter of Intent by December 10
• DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Surveys: Comment by December 20
• Quality Payment Program: Technical Expert Panel Nominations due December 20
• Quality Payment Program: MIPS Exception Applications due December 31
• Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: CY 2020 Final Payment Determinations
• Quality Payment Program: 2019 APM Incentive Payment Details
• PEPPERs for Short-term Acute Care Hospitals
• eCQM Reporting: Updated 2020 QRDA III Implementation Guide
• National Influenza Vaccination Week
• National Handwashing Awareness Week

Compliance

• Cardiac Device Credits: Medicare Billing

Claims, Pricers & Codes

• Average Sales Price Files: January 2020
• Home Health RAPs: Hold Starting January 1, 2020

Events

• Hospital Price Transparency Special Open Door Forum — December 10
• Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program 2020 Webinar — January 16

MLN Matters® Articles

• Overview of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model
• Payments and Payment Adjustments under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model
• Update to the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Calendar Year (CY) 2020 - Recurring File Update

Publications

• Disproportionate Share Hospital — Revised
• Federally Qualified Health Center — Revised
• Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Learning Management System (LMS) FAQ — Revised

Multimedia

• Clinical Labs Call: Audio Recording and Transcript

Posted 12/5/2019