The Version 5010 Transition Deadline is Only 39 Days Away The transition to Version 5010 is only 39 days away and involves important business and systems changes throughout the health care industry. As the January 1, 2012 deadline approaches, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is committed to helping you better prepare for the Version 5010 transition by providing resources on the CMS ICD-10 website to understand and manage your transition.
Compliance Timelines and Widget CMS has created an interactive widget<http://www.cms.gov/ICD10/03_ICD-10andVersion5010ComplianceTimelines.asp>, and corresponding printer-friendly compliance timelines, to help you remember important action items and meet milestones for the switches to Version 5010 and ICD-10. The widget and timelines are tailored to help manage the implementation processes for: * Large Provider Practices<https://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Downloads/ICD10LargeProviders.pdf> * Small Provider Practices<https://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Downloads/ICD10SmallProviders.pdf> * Payers<https://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Downloads/ICD10Payers.pdf> * Vendors<https://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Downloads/ICD10Vendors.pdf> Implementation Handbooks CMS has developed four Implementation Handbooks which provide detailed information for planning and executing the Version 5010 and ICD-10 transition processes. These guides and their corresponding customizable templates can help you to clarify staff roles, set deadlines, and assess vendor readiness. Choose the handbook most relevant for you based upon your organization: * Large Provider Practices <https://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Downloads/ICD10LargePractices508.pdf> * Payers<https://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Downloads/ICD10Payers508.pdf> * Small Hospitals <https://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Downloads/ICD10SmallHospitals.zip> * Small/Medium Provider Practices <https://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Downloads/ICD10SmallandMediumPractices508.pdf> Version 5010 Testing Readiness Fact Sheet CMS has also developed a Version 5010 Testing Readiness Fact Sheet<https://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Downloads/Versions5010TestingReadinessFactSheet.pdf>, which explains the Version 5010 transition and necessary Phase I Internal and Phase II External testing. This fact sheet can assist you to determine steps to successfully complete testing phases for Version 5010, and help ensure you are compliant by January 1, 2012. Keep Up to Date on Version 5010 and ICD-10. Please visit the ICD-10 website<http://www.cms.gov/ICD10> for the latest news and resources to help you prepare, and to download and share the implementation widget<http://www.browserspring.com/widgets/cms2/iframe.html> today! ------------------------------------------------- Each Office Visit is an Opportunity. Medicare patients give many reasons for not getting their annual flu vaccination, but the fact is that flu seasons are unpredictable and can be severe. Each year, it is estimated that 90 percent of seasonal flu-related deaths and more than 60 percent of seasonal flu-related hospitalizations occur in people 65 years and older. Please talk with your Medicare patients about the importance of getting their annual flu vaccination. And remember, vaccination is important for healthcare workers too, who may spread the flu to high risk patients. Don't forget to immunize yourself and your staff. Protect your patients. Protect your family. Protect yourself. Get the Flu Vaccine-Not the Flu. Remember - The flu vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits. CMS has posted the 2011-2012 seasonal flu vaccine payment limits at http://www.CMS.gov/McrPartBDrugAvgSalesPrice/10_VaccinesPricing.asp. Note that the flu vaccine is NOT a Part D-covered drug. For more information on coverage and billing of the flu vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational provider resources, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp and http://www.cms.gov/immunizations. ------------------------------------------------------ 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.
