Updates from the Medicare Learning Network® · "Recently Enrolled Home Health Agencies: Submit OASIS and HHCAHPS Data Promptly" MLN Matters Article
· "Medicare Enrollment Guidelines for Ordering/Referring Providers" Fact Sheet Released · "Medicare Shared Savings Program and Rural Providers" Fact Sheet Released · "Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule," "Ambulance Fee Schedule," and "Federally Qualified Health Center" Fact Sheets Now Available in Hard Copy >From the MLN: "Recently Enrolled Home Health Agencies: Submit OASIS and >HHCAHPS Data Promptly" MLN Matters Article MLN Matters® Special Edition Article #SE1115 - titled "Recently Enrolled Home Health Agencies (HHAs): Submit OASIS and HHCAHPS Data Promptly to Ensure Full Medicare Payment" - which reminds recently-enrolled HHAs of the deadlines associated with the current home health pay-for-reporting program, is now available at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1115.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1115.pdf>. HHAs should submit required data in a timely manner to ensure they avoid reductions to their CY2012 payments for home health services. This article is informational in nature and supports current quality data-reporting requirements. >From the MLN: "Medicare Enrollment Guidelines for Ordering/Referring >Providers" Fact Sheet Released A new publication titled "Medicare Enrollment Guidelines for Ordering/Referring Providers" is now available in downloadable format from the Medicare Learning Network® at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MedEnroll_OrderReferProv_FactSheet_ICN906223.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MedEnroll_OrderReferProv_FactSheet_ICN906223.pdf>. This fact sheet is designed to provide education on the Medicare enrollment requirements for eligible ordering/referring providers, and includes information on the three basic requirements for ordering and referring and who may order and refer for Medicare Part A Home Health Agency, Part B, and DMEPOS beneficiary services. >From the MLN: "Medicare Shared Savings Program and Rural Providers" Fact >Sheet Released The Medicare Learning Network® has released the "Medicare Shared Savings Program and Rural Providers" fact sheet, which is designed to provide education on how the Medicare Shared Savings Program (as proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) impacts rural providers. To view, print, or download the fact sheet, please visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/ACO_Rural_Factsheet_ICN906565.pdf. >From the MLN: "Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule," "Ambulance Fee Schedule," >and "Federally Qualified Health Center" Fact Sheets Now Available in Hard Copy The following fact sheets are now available in print format from the Medicare Learning Network®: § "Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule" (revised February 2011) - which is designed to provide education on the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule including background information, coverage of clinical laboratory services, and how payment rates are set. § "Ambulance Fee Schedule" (March 2011) - which is designed to provide education on the Ambulance Fee Schedule including background, ambulance providers and suppliers, ambulance services payments, and how payment rates are set. § "Federally Qualified Health Center" (March 2011) - which is designed to provide education on Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) including background; FQHC designation; covered FQHC services; FQHC preventive primary services that are not covered; FQHC Prospective Payment System; FQHC payments; and Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 provisions that impact FQHCs. To place your order, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNGenInfo, scroll to "Related Links Inside CMS," and select "MLN Product Ordering Page." 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.
