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>From the MLN: “Mass Immunizers and Roster Billing” Fact Sheet Available in >Hardcopy - The “Mass Immunizers and Roster >Billing<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/Mass_Immunize_Roster_Bill_factsheet_ICN907275.pdf>” > fact sheet (ICN 907664) is now available in hardcopy. This fact sheet is >designed to provide education on mass immunizers and roster billing, and >includes information on simplified billing procedures for the influenza and >pneumococcal vaccinations. To place your order for any of Medicare Learning >Network® products available in print, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts and >click on ‘MLN Product Ordering Page’ under ‘Related Links Inside CMS’ at the >bottom of the webpage. >From the MLN: February 2012 Version of Medicare Learning Network Products >Catalog Now Available - The February 2012 version of the MLN Products Catalog >is now available. The MLN Products Catalog is a free interactive downloadable >document that links you to online versions of MLN products or the product >ordering page for hardcopy materials. Once you have opened the catalog, you >may either click on the title of an individual product or on “Formats >Available.” The catalog can be found at >http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MLNCatalog.pdf. >From the MLN: “Recovery Auditors Findings Resulting from Medical Necessity >Reviews of Renal and Urinary Tract Disorders” MLN Matters Article Released - >MLN Matters Special Edition Article #SE1210, “Recovery Auditors Findings >Resulting from Medical Necessity Reviews of Renal and Urinary Tract >Disorders<http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/SE1210.pdf>,” has >been released and is available in downloadable format. This article is >designed to provide education on Recovery Audit review findings related to >renal and urinary tract disorders, and includes a description of the problems >found and guidance on how providers can avoid them in the future. >From the MLN: “The Role of the Zone Program Integrity Contractors, Formerly >the Program Safeguard Contractors” MLN Matters Article Revised - MLN Matters >Special Edition Article #SE1204, “The Role of the Zone Program Integrity >Contractors (ZPICs), Formerly the Program Safeguard Contractors >(PSCs)<http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/SE1204.pdf>,” has been >revised is now available in downloadable format. This article is designed to >provide education on the roles and responsibilities of Zone Program Integrity >Contractors (ZPICs), and includes an overview of the various program integrity >functions that ZPICs perform and each of their seven designated zones. The >article was revised to change information cited in the table on page 2; all >other information remains the same. >From the MLN: “Substance (Other Than Tobacco) Abuse Structured Assessment and >Brief Intervention” Fact Sheet Available in Hardcopy - The revised “Substance (Other Than Tobacco) Abuse Structured Assessment and Brief Intervention (SBIRT)<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/SBIRT_Factsheet_ICN904084.pdf>” fact sheet (ICN 904084) is designed to provide education on Substance (Other Than Tobacco) Abuse Structured Assessment and Brief Intervention (SBIRT), and includes an early intervention approach that targets those with nondependent substance use to provide effective strategies for intervention prior to the need for more extensive or specialized treatment. To order hardcopies of this fact sheet, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts and click on the ‘MLN Product Ordering Page’ under ‘Related Links Inside CMS’ at the bottom of the webpage. >From the MLN: “Composite Rate Portion of the End-Stage Renal Disease >Prospective Payment System” Fact Sheet Revised - The “Composite Rate Portion >of the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment >System<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/ESRDpaymtfctsht.pdf>” fact >sheet (ICN 006469) has been revised and is now available in downloadable >format. It includes information about the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective >Payment System (ESRD PPS) transition, the basic case-mix adjusted composite >rate, separately billable items and services, and the ESRD Quality Incentive >Program. >From the MLN: “End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System” Fact Sheet >Revised - The “End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment >System<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/End-Stage_Renal_Disease_Prospective_Payment_System_ICN905143.pdf>” > fact sheet (ICN 905143) has been revised and is now available in downloadable >format. It includes background information, as well as information on >transition period, payment rates for adult and pediatric patients, outlier >adjustments, transition budget neutrality factor, home dialysis, laboratory >services and drugs, beneficiary deductible and coinsurance, and the ESRD >Quality Incentive Program. ________________________________ 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. 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