New From The Medicare Learning Network
The Medicare Preventive Services Resources CD, which contains PDF files of our Medicare Preventive Services educational products on a single convenient CD Rom, is now available for order through the Medicare Learning Network-free of charge! The CD includes the following products: * The Guide to Medicare Preventive Services for Physicians, Providers, Suppliers, and Other Health Care Professionals, * All 3 Quick Reference Billing Charts (Medicare Preventive Services, The ABCs of the IPPE, and Medicare Immunization Billing), and * All 7 brochures (Adult Immunization, Bone Mass Measurements, Cancer Screenings, Diabetes-Related Services, Expanded Benefits, Glaucoma Screening, and Smoking and Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services). To order a free copy of the CD, please visit the Preventive Services Educational Products page at http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp on the CMS website. Scroll down to the "Related Links Inside CMS" section and click on "MLN Product Ordering". # # # # # JUST RELEASED: MLN Matters Article #SE1017 - Preparing for a Transition from an FI/Carrier to a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) or From One Durable Medical Equipment (DME) MAC to Another DME MAC The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released MLN Matters Special Edition Article #SE1017 to assist all providers that will be affected by Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) implementations, or DME MAC transitions due to recompeting DME MAC Contracts. This article updates material contained in MLN Matters Article #SE0837, which was originally issued in November 2008, to reflect current experiences with transitions to a MAC. For more details, please read the article at http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1017.pdf on the CMS website. # # # # # REMINDER: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released MLN Matters Article #MM6960--Systems Changes Necessary to Implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Section 6404 - Maximum Period for Submission of Medicare Claims Reduced to Not More Than 12 Months to advise providers who submit claims to Medicare contractors that, as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), claims with dates of service on or after January 1, 2010, received later than one calendar year beyond the date of service will be denied by Medicare. For more details, please read the article at http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM6960.pdf on the CMS website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------- Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to ( http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listserv s.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX> ) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. 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.gov/ContactCMS <http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS> ). Thank you.
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