New From The Medicare Learning Network
The revised fact sheet titled "Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System" (May 2010), which provides Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) general information, explains how IPF PPS payment rates are set, and provides the Rate Year 2011 update to the IPF PPS, is now available in downloadable format from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Learning Network(r) at http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/InpatientPsychFac.pdf . # # # # # 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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