The revised, Guided Pathways to Medicare Resources (1st Quarter 2010), are now available from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Medicare Learning Network. Guided Pathways leads Medicare Fee-For-Service providers through a variety of resources organized by topic. Quickly explore these three easy-to-navigate online guides to learn important Medicare policy and requirements. Guided Pathways information is available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNEdWebGuide/30_Guided_Pathways.asp on the CMS website.
* Guided Pathways Basic Booklet January 2010 [PDF, 831KB] <http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNEdWebGuide/Downloads/Guided_Pathways_Basic_Bo oklet.pdf> - Includes updated information on Medicare resources that provide a fundamental overview of the Medicare program. For all Medicare providers * Guided Pathways Intermediate Part A Booklet January 2010 [PDF, 898KB] <http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNEdWebGuide/Downloads/Guided_Pathways_Intermed iate_PartA_Booklet.pdf> - Includes updated information on Medicare Institutional Requirements, Reimbursement and Coverage, Medicare Services such as; clinical trials, health care cost report information, MedPAC, Medicare approved facilities, demonstrations, enrollment reports, Fee-For-Service statistics, the Medicare-Medicaid relationship, program rates and statistics, sustainable growth rates & conversion factors and telehealth. For Medicare FFS Health Care Providers who enroll in Medicare using the 855 A form * Guided Pathways Intermediate Part B Booklet January 2010 [PDF, 1MB] <http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNEdWebGuide/Downloads/Guided_Pathways_Intermed iate_PartB_Booklet.pdf> - Includes updated information on Medicare Professional/Practitioner/Supplier Requirements, Coverage and Reimbursement (General Intermediate Level), Coverage and Reimbursement (By Practitioner Type), Coverage and Reimbursement (By Type of Service), Services by Other Practitioners, Services by Suppliers, Coding, Billing and Reimbursement, DMEPOS (Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility), Quality, including; Medicare approved facilities, Medicare health support, PQRI, QIO and quality initiatives. For Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Health Care Professionals and Suppliers who enroll in Medicare using the 855 B, I or S forms ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you received this message as part of the All FFS Providers listserv, you are currently subscribed to one of eighteen Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listservs. If you would like to be removed from all NIH listservs, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/LISTSERV_WEB/signoff.htm <https://list.nih.gov/LISTSERV_WEB/signoff.htm> ) to unsubscribe. If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/show_list_archives <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/show_list_archives> ) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a FFS provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Lis tservs.pdf) . Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ContactCMS <http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ContactCMS> ). Thank you.
