March 6, 2018
CMS Provider Education Message:
MLN Connects® for Thursday, March 8, 2018
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News & Announcements
- MyHealthEData Initiative Puts Patients at the Center of the US Health Care System
- New Medicare Card Transition Begins In Less Than a Month
- MACRA Funding Opportunity: Measure Development for the Quality Payment Program
- IRF and LTCH Compare Refresh
- Quality Payment Program: Submit 2017 Participation Data through March 31
- EHR Incentive Program: Hospitals Submit Proposals for New Measures until June 29
- PEPPER for Short-term Acute Care Hospitals
- DME Supplier Feedback on Telephone Discussion and Reopening Process Demonstration
- EHR Incentive Programs FAQs
- Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Homes: Trend Update
- Help Your Patients Go Further With Food
Provider Compliance
- Bill Correctly for Device Replacement Procedures — Reminder
Claims, Pricers & Codes
- April 2018 Average Sales Price Files
Upcoming Events
- Low Volume Appeals Settlement Option Update Call — March 13
- National Patient Safety Week Panel Discussion — March 13
- Open Payments: The Program and Your Role Call — March 14
- QRDA Category I Implementation Guide for CY 2018 Hospital Quality Reporting Webinar — March 19
- Dementia Care: Person-Centered Care Planning and Practice Recommendations Call — March 20
- E/M Services: Documentation Guidelines and Burden Reduction Listening Session — March 21
Medicare Learning Network® Publications & Multimedia
- Provider Compliance Tips for Glucose Monitors Fact Sheet — New
- Provider Compliance Tips for Manual Wheelchairs Fact Sheet — New
- Provider Compliance Tips for Ordering Lower Limb Prostheses Fact Sheet — New
- Provider Compliance Tips for Laboratory Tests – Bacterial Cultures Fact Sheet — New
- Provider Compliance Tips for Wheelchair Options/Accessories Fact Sheet — New
- Provider Compliance Tips for Ostomy Supplies Fact Sheet — New
- Provider Compliance Tips for Ordering Oxygen Supplies and Equipment Fact Sheet — New
- Provider Compliance Tips for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Fact Sheet — New
- Provider Compliance Tips for Surgical Dressings Fact Sheet — New
- Provider Compliance Tips for Urological Supplies Fact Sheet — New
- Low Volume Appeals Settlement Call: Video Presentation — New
- ESRD QIP Call: Audio Recording and Transcript — New
- Rural Health Clinic Fact Sheet — Revised