>From the MLN: "Mental Health Services" Booklet - New A new publication titled "Mental Health Services" is now available in downloadable format from the Medicare Learning Network(r) at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/Mental_Health_Services_ICN903195.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/Mental_Health_Services_ICN903195.pdf>. This booklet is designed to provide education on mental health services, including covered mental health services, mental health services that are not covered, mental health professionals, outpatient psychiatric hospital services, and inpatient psychiatric hospital services.
>From the MLN: "Ambulance Fee Schedule" Fact Sheet Revised The revised publication titled "Ambulance Fee Schedule" (revised March 2011) is now available in downloadable format from the Medicare Learning Network(r) at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/AmbulanceFeeSched_508.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/AmbulanceFeeSched_508.pdf>. This fact sheet is designed to provide education about the Ambulance Fee Schedule including background, ambulance providers and suppliers, ambulance services payments, and how payment rates are set. >From the MLN: "Health Professional Shortage Area" Fact Sheet Revised The revised publication titled "Health Professional Shortage Area" (revised March 2011) is now available in downloadable format from the Medicare Learning Network(r) at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/HPSAfctsht.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/HPSAfctsht.pdf>. This fact sheet is designed to provide education on the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) payment system and includes an overview of the program and general requirements. >From the MLN: "Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital" Fact Sheet Revised The revised publication titled "Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital" (revised March 2011) is now available in downloadable format at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/Disproportionate_Share_Hospital.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/Disproportionate_Share_Hospital.pdf>. This fact sheet is designed to provide education on Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) including background; methods to qualify for the Medicare DSH adjustment; Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 and Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 provisions that impact Medicare DSHs; number of beds in hospital determination; and Medicare DSH hospital payment adjustment formulas. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (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). Thank you.
