HHS Advances Payment Model to Lower Drug Costs for Patients

News & Announcements

• HHS Advances Payment Model to Lower Drug Costs for Patients
• SNF Quality Reporting Program Data on Nursing Home Compare
• IRF, LTCH, and SNF Quality Reporting Programs: Submission Deadline November 15
• Hospital Cost Report Data: User-Friendly Version
• Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program: New Covered Service
• November is Home Care and Hospice Month

Provider Compliance

• Ophthalmology Services: Questionable Billing and Improper Payments — Reminder

Upcoming Events

• IRF Payment and Coverage Policies: FY 2019 Final Rule Call — November 15

Medicare Learning Network® Publications & Multimedia

• Typhoon Yutu and Medicare Disaster Related Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Claims MLN Matters Article — New
• MRI MLN Matters Article — New
• Incomplete Colonoscopies Billed with Modifier 53 MLN Matters Article — New
• CWF Edit of MA Inpatient Claims from Approved Teaching Hospitals MLN Matters Article — New
• Correction to CWF IUR 7272 for Intervening Stay MLN Matters Article — New
• Redesign of Hospice Periods MLN Matters Article — New
• ASP Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions: January 2019 MLN Matters Article — New
• MCReF System Webcast: Audio Recording and Transcript — New
• Patient Relationship Categories and Codes Webcast: Audio Recording and Transcript — New
• Medicare Podiatry Services Fact Sheet — Revised
• Medicare and Medicaid Basics Booklet — Revised