Registration Now Open for Third and Final ACO Accelerated Development Learning Session Thursday, November 17, 2011 and Friday, November 18, 2011 Baltimore, MD
The third and final Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Accelerated Development Learning Session (ADLS) will be held in Baltimore, MD on Thursday, November 17, 2011 and Friday, November 18, 2011. Registration is free and open for teams of between two and four senior leaders from healthcare delivery organizations interested in forming an ACO or from an existing ACO. The ADLS is designed to help existing or emerging ACOs understand the steps they can take to improve care delivery and how to develop an action plan for moving toward providing better coordinated care. The content at each ACO Learning Session is repetitive and is not part of an ongoing series. For more information, to register, or to view the plenary sessions from the first two ADLS sessions, please visit http://ACOregister.rti.org. ------------------------------------------------- Vaccination is the Best Protection Against the Flu The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging everyone 6 months of age and older to get vaccinated against the seasonal flu. The risks for complications, hospitalizations, and deaths from the flu are higher among individuals aged 65 years and older. Medicare pays for the seasonal flu vaccine and its administration for seniors and others with Medicare with no co-pay or deductible. And remember, vaccination is particularly important for healthcare workers, who may spread the flu to high-risk patients; don't forget to immunize yourself and your staff. Protect your patients. Protect your family. Protect yourself. Get the Flu Vaccination - 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. For more information on coverage and billing of the flu vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational provider resources, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp and http://www.cms.gov/immunizations. ----------------------------------------------------- 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.
