November 22, 2017
MLN Connects® for Wednesday, November 22, 2017
News & Announcements
- Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: Final CY 2018 Payment Rates
- National Rural Health Day
- 2017 Medicare FFS Improper Payment Rate Below 10 Percent for First Time Since 2013
- CMS Measures Inventory Tool
- 2016 PQRS Feedback Reports and Annual QRURs: Informal Review Period Ends December 1
- Hospice Compare: Guidance on Updating Demographic Data
- Hospice Compare Refresh Delayed
- Submit Suggestions for Precedential Medicare Appeals Council Decisions
- IPPS Hospitals: Review FY 2014 and FY 2015 Worksheet S-10 Cost Report Data
- Recommend Influenza Vaccination: Each Office Visit is an Opportunity
Provider Compliance
- OIG Video: Reporting Fraud to the Office of the Inspector General – Reminder
Upcoming Events
- Revisions to DMEPOS Quality Standards for Therapeutic Shoe Inserts Special Open Door Forum – November 28
- Quality Payment Program Year 2 Final Rule Call – November 30
- Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model Expansion Call – December 5
- SNF QRP: Assessment-Based Measures Confidential Feedback Report Webinar – December 6
- LTCH Quality Reporting Program In-Person Training – December 6 and 7
- IMPACT Act Special Open Door Forum – December 12
- National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and QAPI Call – December 14
Medicare Learning Network Publications & Multimedia
- Medicare Fraud & Abuse Poster – New
- Medicare Fraud & Abuse: Prevention, Detection, and Reporting Booklet – Revised
- Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital Fact Sheet – Revised
- ABCs of the Initial Preventive Physical Examination Educational Tool – Reminder