New From The Medicare Learning Network Do you ever wonder about how to utilize search tools in selected areas of the CMS website? The searchable Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) contains all Medicare National Coverage Determinations (NCDs), National Coverage Analyses (NCAs), Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs), and local policy articles. The Medicare Learning Network (MLN) has produced a "How To" booklet (2.5 MB), that provides an explanation of the MCD, as well as how to use the Search, Indexes, Reports and Downloads features. The revised How to Use the Medicare Coverage Database <http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/MPUB/itemdetail.asp?filterType=dual,%20k eyword&filterValue=How%20to&filterByDID=0&sortByDID=1&sortOrder=ascendin g&itemID=CMS1230831&intNumPerPage=10> booklet can be located at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/MPUB/list.asp on the MLN Publications page. Use search key words "how to" to locate this publication quickly. Understanding the search tool is the best way to find the information for which you are looking!
# # # # # Feeling Lost in Your Search for Medicare Knowledge? Let MLN Guided Pathways Get You Back on Track. With the revised (April 2010) Guided Pathways to Medicare Resources <http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNEdWebGuide/30_Guided_Pathways.asp> , finding Medicare information has never been so easy! Guided Pathways leads Medicare Fee-For-Service providers through a variety of resources that are organized by important topics such as billing, coverage, and reimbursement, and are offered in basic, intermediate, and advanced levels. Explore these easy-to-navigate online guides to quickly find the information you need on important Medicare policy and requirements. Available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNEdWebGuide/30_Guided_Pathways.asp on the CMS website. # # # # # JUST RELEASED: MLN Matters Article #MM6972 - Extension for the Two Percent and Three Percent Add-On for the Ground Ambulance, Air Ambulance in Rural Areas and "Super Rural" Add-On through December 31, 2010 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released MLN Matters Article #MM6972 to advise ambulance providers who submit claims to Medicare contractors that they should adjust the ambulance fee schedule amounts for ground and air ambulance services for claims with dates of service on or after January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2010. For more details, please read the article at http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM6972.pdf on the CMS website. # # # # # CMS would like to remind you that the Medicare Preventive Services Series Part 3 web-based training course (WBT) is currently available for free, on the CMS website. This course includes coverage, coding, and billing information for Medicare coverage of the following preventive services: * Screening mammography, * Screening pap tests and pelvic examinations, * Colorectal cancer screening, * Bone mass measurements, and * Glaucoma screening. Taking this online course will help you and your staff understand Medicare rules surrounding these important benefits. Not only that, but if you pass this course, you can earn continuing education credit. You can take access this course, free of charge, at any time, by visiting the Preventive Services Educational products page at http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp on the CMS website. Scroll down to the "Related Links Inside CMS" section and click on "Web Based Training Modules" to take the course. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------- 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_Listserv s.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX <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 <http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS> ). Thank you.
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