June 8, 2017
MLN Connects® for Thursday, June 8, 2017
News & Announcements
- Hospitals and SNFS: Reduce Legionella Risk in Water Systems
- Predictive Qualifying APM Participant Status Announced
- Hospices: Review First Provider Preview Reports by June 30
- IRFs & LTCHs: Review QRP Provider Preview Reports by June 30
- IRF and LTCH Compare Quarterly Refresh
- PEPPER for Short-term Acute Care Hospitals Available
- Quality Payment Program Resources Available
- ONC eMeasurement and Quality Improvement Webinar: Recording Available
- Proposed Revisions to Long-Term Care Facilities’ Arbitration Agreements
- World No Tobacco Day
Provider Compliance
- Duplicate Claims Will Not be Paid
Claims, Pricers & Codes
- July 2017 Average Sales Price Files Available
Upcoming Events
- National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and QAPI Call — June 15
- CLIA Certificate of Provider-performed Microscopy Webcast — June 28
- Improvements to the Medicare Claims Appeal Process and Statistical Sampling Call — June 29
Medicare Learning Network Publications & Multimedia
- Quality Payment Program Overview Web-Based Training Course — New
- Scheduled End of the Intravenous Immune Globulin Demonstration MLN Matters® Article — New
- Avoiding Medicare Fraud and Abuse: A Roadmap for Physicians Booklet — Reminder
- Medicare Secondary Payer Booklet — Reminder