§ “National Coverage Determination for Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (20.7) Concurrent with Carotid Artery Stenting in Patients at High Risk for Carotid Endarterectomy” MLN Matters Article Released
§ “Guide to Medicare Preventive Services, Fourth Edition” Now Available § “Foot Care Coverage” MLN Matters Article Revised § “Protect Your Identity Using the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System” Fact Sheet Revised § “Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System” Fact Sheet Available in Hard Copy § MLN Matters(r) - Feedback Requested >From the MLN: “National Coverage Determination for Percutaneous Transluminal >Angioplasty (20.7) Concurrent with Carotid Artery Stenting in Patients at High >Risk for Carotid Endarterectomy” MLN Matters Article Released MLN Matters(r) Special Edition Article #SE1119 - titled “National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) (20.7) Concurrent with Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS) in Patients at High Risk for Carotid Endarterectomy” - which reinforces that NCD 20.7 for PTA of the carotid artery concurrent with stenting is not changed by new FDA-approved indications, is now available at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1119.pdf. This article is informational and supports current PTA and CAS policies. >From the MLN: “Guide to Medicare Preventive Services, Fourth Edition” Now >Available [↑] The Guide to Medicare Preventive Services, Fourth Edition,” which is designed to provide education on Medicare’s Preventive benefits, has been updated to reflect Affordable Care Act provisions and is now available in downloadable format free of charge from the Medicare Learning Network(r). To view, print, or download this product, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MPS_guide_web-061305.pdf. >From the MLN: “Foot Care Coverage” MLN Matters Article Revised [↑] MLN Matters(r) Special Edition Article #SE1113 - titled “Foot Care Coverage” - which clarifies routine care of the foot and care related to underlying systematic conditions, is now available at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1113.pdf. This article, originally released in February 2007 as MLN Matters(r) Article #SE0707, was updated to reflect changes in policy related to Medicare coverage of podiatry services. >From the MLN: “Protect Your Identity Using the Provider Enrollment, Chain, >and Ownership System” Fact Sheet Revised The publication titled “How to Protect Your Identity Using the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS)” has been revised and is now available in downloadable format from the Medicare Learning Network(r) at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MedEnroll_ProtID_FactSheet_ICN905103.pdf. This fact sheet is designed to provide education and step-by-step instructions on identity-protection when using Internet-based PECOS. >From the MLN: “Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System” Fact Sheet >Available in Hard Copy The publication titled “Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System” (March 2011) is now available in print format from the Medicare Learning Network(r). This fact sheet is designed to provide education on the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), including background, ambulatory payment classifications, how payment rates are set, and payment rates under the OPPS. To place your order, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNGenInfo, scroll to “Related Links Inside CMS,” and select “MLN Product Ordering Page.” >From the MLN: MLN Matters(r) - Feedback Requested Your feedback is important to us as we use your suggestions to help improve our MLN Matters(r) articles so they better meet your educational needs. To evaluate MLN Matters(r) articles, please visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/85_Opinion.asp, select “MLN Evaluations” from the “Related Links Inside CMS” section, and then select “MLN Matters Articles” from the list of products. Please send any comments or suggestions for MLN Matters(r) articles to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
