Updates from the Medicare Learning Network
>From the Medicare Learning Network: MLN Matters Article #SE1026 - Important News About Flu Shot Frequency for Medicare Beneficiaries The Medicare Learning Network(r) (MLN) has released Special Edition MLN Matters Article #SE1026 to advise physicians and other providers about important information concerning the frequency of allowable flu vaccinations for Medicare beneficiaries. This article is informational in nature and reinforces existing policy. For more details, please read the article at http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1026.pdf on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) website. Revised Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet The Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (revised July 2010), which provides the elements of the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System, is now available in downloadable format from the Medicare Learning Network(r) at http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/snfprospaymtfctsht.pdf on the CMS website. September Flu Shot Reminder Vaccinate Early to Protect Against the Flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a yearly flu vaccination as the first and most important step in protecting against flu viruses. Medicare pays for the flu vaccine and its administration for seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries with no co-pay or deductible. This year's vaccine will protect against three different flu viruses, including the H1N1 virus that caused so much illness last flu season. Take advantage of each office visit and start protecting your patients as soon as your 2010-2011 seasonal flu vaccine arrives. And, don't forget to immunize yourself and your staff. Get Your Flu Vaccine - Not the Flu. Remember - Influenza vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits. Note that influenza vaccine is NOT a Part D covered drug. For information about Medicare's coverage of the influenza vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational resources for health care professionals and their staff, please visit http://www.cms.gov/AdultImmunizations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. 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. 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_List servs.pdf) .
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