Updates from the Medicare Learning Network®
§ "Power Mobility Device Face-to-Face Examination Checklist" Released § "Fast Facts" Now Available on MLN Provider Compliance Webpage § April 2011 Issue of Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter Released § "Telehealth Services" Fact Sheet Revised § "Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System" Fact Sheet Revised § "Medicare EHR Incentive Payments for Eligible Professionals" Fact Sheet Now Available in Spanish § "Medicaid EHR Incentive Payments for Eligible Professionals" Fact Sheet Now Available in Spanish >From the MLN: "Power Mobility Device Face-to-Face Examination Checklist" >Released MLN Matters® Special Edition Article #SE1112 - titled "Power Mobility Device Face-to-Face Examination Checklist" - which provides a checklist and helpful tips providers may wish to use for the face-to-face examination that occurs prior to ordering a power mobility device (PMD) for their Medicare patients, is now available at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1112.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1112.pdf>. This article supports existing policy and is being issued solely as an educational guide to improve compliance with documentation requirements for the face-to-face examination and help providers and suppliers avoid denial of their PMD claims. >From the MLN: "Fast Facts" Now Available on MLN Provider Compliance Webpage As part of ongoing efforts by CMS to keep Medicare Fee-For-Service providers aware of new and improved educational products, CMS encourages you to visit the MLN Provider Compliance<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/45_ProviderCompliance.asp> webpage, containing educational FFS provider materials to help you understand - and avoid - common billing errors and other improper activities identified through claim review programs. You can now review quick tips on relevant provider compliance issues and corrective actions directly from this webpage. Be sure to bookmark this page and check back often as a new "fast fact" will be added each month! >From the MLN: April 2011 Issue of Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter >Released Just released! The next issue of the "Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter" is now available in downloadable format from the Medicare Learning Network® at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MedQtrlyComp_Newsletter_ICN903696.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MedQtrlyComp_Newsletter_ICN903696.pdf>. This educational tool is designed to provide education on how to avoid common billing errors and other erroneous activities when dealing with the Medicare Program and is released on a quarterly basis. In this issue, a number of Recovery Audit findings that affect inpatient rehabilitation facilities, inpatient hospitals, physicians, non-physician practitioners, and outpatient hospitals are presented. The newsletter now features a series of tips and suggestions on relevant topics and an interactive index of previously-issued newsletters, which can be found at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MedQtrlyCompNL_Archive.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MedQtrlyCompNL_Archive.pdf>. >From the MLN: "Telehealth Services" Fact Sheet Revised The revised publication titled "Telehealth Services" (revised March 2011) is now available in downloadable format from the Medicare Learning Network® at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/TelehealthSrvcsfctsht.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/TelehealthSrvcsfctsht.pdf>. This fact sheet is designed to provide education on services furnished to eligible Medicare beneficiaries via a telecommunications system, including originating sites, distant site practitioners, telehealth services, billing and payment for professional services furnished via telehealth, and billing and payment for the originating site facility fee. >From the MLN: "Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System" Fact Sheet >Revised The revised publication titled "Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System" (revised March 2011) is now available in downloadable format from the Medicare Learning Network® at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/HospitalOutpaysysfctsht.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/HospitalOutpaysysfctsht.pdf>. This fact sheet is designed to provide education on the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) including background, ambulatory payment classifications, how payment rates are set, and payment rates under the OPPS. >From the MLN: "Medicare EHR Incentive Payments for Eligible Professionals" >Fact Sheet Now Available in Spanish The "Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Payments for Eligible Professionals" fact sheet is now available in a Spanish version (ICN 906386). This fact sheet is designed to provide education on the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program for eligible professional, and can be accessed on the Medicare Learning Network at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/Medicaid_EHRIncentivePayments_ICN906386-Sp.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/Medicaid_EHRIncentivePayments_ICN906386-Sp.pdf> >From the MLN: "Medicaid EHR Incentive Payments for Eligible Professionals" >Fact Sheet Now Available in Spanish The "Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Payments for Eligible Professionals" fact sheet is now available in a Spanish version (ICN 906388). This fact sheet is designed to provide education on EHR Incentive Payments for Eligible Professionals, and can be accessed on the Medicare Learning Network at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MedicareEHRProgForEPs-ICN906388-sp.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MedicareEHRProgForEPs-ICN906388-sp.pdf>. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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