Updates from the Medicare Learning Network
Did you know that the Medicare Preventive Services Series Part 2 web-based training course (WBT) is currently available free of charge, on the CMS website? This course includes coverage, coding, and billing information for Medicare coverage of the following preventive services: * The initial preventive physical exam (IPPE), * Ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), * Colorectal cancer screening, * Cardiovascular screening blood tests, * Diabetes screening tests, * Supplies and other services for beneficiaries with diabetes, * Diabetes self-management training and medical nutritional therapy, and * Smoking and tobacco-use cessation counseling services. 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. # # # # # JUST RELEASED! The Medicare Learning Network is now podcasting! Our premier production - "New Maximum Period for the Submission of Medicare Claims", which reminds Medicare Fee-for-Service providers of the current claims submission deadline, is now available. To access the podcast, go to http://www.cms.gov/CMSFeeds/02_listofpodcasts.asp on the CMS website. # # # # # Revised! The Medicare Remit Easy Print Brochure (revised May 2010), which provides information about free software that enables professional providers and suppliers to view and print remittance information, is now available in print format from the Medicare Learning Network. To place your order, visit http://www.cms.gov/MLNGenInfo/, scroll down to "Related Links Inside CMS" and select "MLN Product Ordering Page." # # # # # The revised National Provider Identifier Tip Sheet: Guidance for Organization Health Care Providers Who Apply for National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) for Their Health Care Provider Employees (June 2010) is now available on the CMS website. This resource details the steps an organization that is a health care provider should take when applying for an employee's NPI, on an individual record-by-record basis. Available in PDF format, the fact sheet may be downloaded or printed from the "Education Resources" section of the NPI web pages, located at http://www.cms.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/04_education.asp on the CMS website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- 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_Listser vs.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.
