National Provider Call: ICD-10 Implementation Strategies and Planning – Register Now
Thursday, November 17, 2011; 1:30-3pm ET The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a National Provider Call on "ICD-10 Implementation Strategies and Planning.” This call will feature presentations by representatives from the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 Cooperating Parties: CMS, the American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CMS subject matter experts will also discuss the Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) claims processing guidance issued in August, 2011, including claims that span the implementation date. A question and answer session will follow the presentations. Agenda: • General ICD-10 requirements and CMS implementation planning – Pat Brooks, CMS • General implementation planning and strategies – Sue Bowman, AHIMA and Nelly Leon-Chisen, AHA • Coding Clinic for ICD-10, AHA's implementation plans – Nelly Leon-Chisen, AHA • National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics meeting on provider and vendor readiness – Donna Pickett, CDC • Public health reporting issues – Donna Pickett, CDC • Medicare FFS Claims Processing Guidance for Implementing ICD-10 – MLN Matters Article 7492<http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM7492.pdf> – Sarah Shirey-Losso, Antoinette Johnson, CMS Target Audience: Medical coders, physicians, physician office staff, provider billing staff, health records staff, vendors, educators, system maintainers, laboratories, and all Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) providers. Registration: In order to receive the call-in information, you must register for the call. Registration will close at 12:00 pm on Thursday, November 17 or when available space has been filled. No exceptions will be made. Please register early. For more details, including instructions on registering for this National Provider Call, please visit http://www.eventsvc.com/blhtechnologies. ------------------------------------------------- Each Office Visit is an Opportunity. Medicare patients give many reasons for not getting their annual flu vaccination, but the fact is that flu seasons are unpredictable and can be severe. Each year, it is estimated that 90 percent of seasonal flu-related deaths and more than 60 percent of seasonal flu-related hospitalizations occur in people 65 years and older. Please talk with your Medicare patients about the importance of getting their annual flu vaccination. And remember, vaccination is important for healthcare workers too, 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 Vaccine—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.
