>From the MLN: New Fast Fact on MLN Provider Compliance Webpage - A new fast >fact is now available on the MLN Provider >Compliance<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/45_ProviderCompliance.asp> webpage. >This webpage provides the latest Medicare Learning Network products designed >to help Medicare Fee-For-Service providers understand – and avoid – common >billing errors and other improper activities. Please bookmark this page and >check back often as a new fast fact is added each month!
>From the MLN: “Updating Beneficiary Information with Coordination of Benefits >Contractor” MLN Matters Article Released - MLN Matters Special Edition Article >#SE1205, “Updating Beneficiary Information with the Coordination of Benefits >Contractor<http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/SE1205.pdf>,” has >been released and is available in downloadable format. This article is >designed to provide education on initiatives that CMS and the Coordination of >Benefits Contractor (COBC) are undertaking to maintain accurate beneficiary >Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) information on Medicare’s Common Working File >(CWF). It includes information that providers can use to understand how these >initiatives will affect how they report beneficiary information to the COBC. >From the MLN: “Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule” Fact Sheet Revised - The >“Clinical Laboratory Fee >Schedule<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/clinical_lab_fee_schedule_fact_sheet.pdf>” > fact sheet (ICN 006818) has been revised and is now available in downloadable >format. This fact sheet includes background information as well as >information coverage of clinical laboratory services and how payment rates are >set. >From the MLN: MLN Provider Exhibit Program Schedule - Just a reminder to >mark your calendars! The Medicare Learning Network will be exhibiting at the >following healthcare provider conferences in the coming weeks: • American College of Preventive Medicine<http://www.preventivemedicine2012.org/> Wed Feb 22 through Sat Feb 25 Orlando, Florida Booth #11 • American Medical Group Association (AMGA) 2012 Annual Conference<http://ac.amga.org/> Wed Mar 7 through Sat Mar 10 Manchester Grand Hyatt; San Diego, California Booth #802 • American Medical Student Association<http://www.amsa.org/AMSA/Homepage/Events/Convention.aspx> Thu Mar 8 through Sun Mar 11 Hyatt Regency Houston; Houston, Texas Booth #12 • National Association of Rural Health Clinics<http://www.narhc.org/events/events.php> Mon Mar 19 through Tue Mar 20 Hyatt Regency; San Antonio, Texas • The American College of Cardiology’s 61st Annual Scientific Session & Expo<http://accscientificsession.cardiosource.org/ACC12.aspx> Sat Mar 24 through Mon Mar 26 Chicago, Illinois Booth #19076 • National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization<http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=5957> Thu Mar 29 through Sat Mar 31 National Harbor, MD Booth #625 ________________________________ It’s Not too Late to Give and Get the Flu Vaccine. Take advantage of each office visit and protect your patients against the seasonal flu. Medicare will continue to pay for the seasonal flu vaccine and its administration for all Medicare beneficiaries through the entire flu season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also recommends that patients, healthcare workers and caregivers be vaccinated against the seasonal flu. 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.
