National Provider Call: Medicare Preventive Services National Provider Call: New Medicare Preventive Services - Registration Now Open Wednesday, August 15; 2-3:30 pm ET
Did you know that five new preventive services are now covered by Medicare? * Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse - Effective 10/14/11 * Screening for Depression in Adults - Effective 10/14/11 * Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease - Effective 11/8/11 * Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and High-Intensity Behavioral Counseling (HIBC) to Prevent STIs - Effective 11/8/11 * Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity- Effective 11/29/11 CMS experts will provide an overview of these new services, when to perform them, who can perform each service, who is eligible, and how to code and bill for each service, followed by a question and answer session. Call participants are encouraged to review the following materials on these preventive services prior to the call: * From the MLN: "Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse<http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/Reduce-Alcohol-Misuse-ICN907798.pdf>" Booklet * From the MLN: "Screening for Depression<http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/Screening-for-Depression-Booklet-ICN907799.pdf>" Booklet * National Coverage Determination: Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease<http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/ncd-details.aspx?NCDId=348&ncdver=1&CoverageSelection=Both&ArticleType=All&PolicyType=Final&s=All&KeyWord=Cardiovascular+Disease&KeyWordLookUp=Title&KeyWordSearchType=And&bc=gAAAABAAAAAA&;> * National Coverage Determination: Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and High-Intensity Behavioral Counseling (HIBC) to prevent STIs<http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/ncd-details.aspx?NCDId=352&ncdver=1&CoverageSelection=Both&ArticleType=All&PolicyType=Final&s=All&KeyWord=STI&KeyWordLookUp=Title&KeyWordSearchType=And&bc=gAAAABAAAAAA&;> * From the MLN: "Intensive Behavioral Therapy (IBT) for Obesity<http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/ICN907800.pdf>" Booklet Target Audience: Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, health educators, registered dietitians, nutrition professionals, medical billers and coders, and other interested health care professionals Registration Information: In order to receive call-in information, you must register for the call on the CMS Upcoming National Provider Calls registration website<http://www.eventsvc.com/blhtechnologies>. Registration will close at 12pm on the day of the call or when available space has been filled; no exceptions will be made, so please register early. Presentation: The presentation for this call will be posted prior to the call on the FFS National Provider Calls<http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/NPC/National-Provider-Calls-and-Events.html> web page. In addition, a link to the slide presentation will be emailed to all registrants on the day of the call. Continuing education credit may be awarded for participation in certain CMS National Provider Calls. Visit the Continuing Education Credit Notification<http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/NPC/CEC_Notification.html> web page to learn more. ________________________________ If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/downloads//MailingLists_FactSheet.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/downloads/MailingLists_FactSheet.pdf> and select the appropriate listserv to subscribe. 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/About-CMS/Agency-Information/ContactCMS/index.html). Thank you.
