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News

• New Part D Policies Address Opioid Epidemic
• “Qué está Cubierto”
• Physician Compare: Supplemental Preview Period Open until April 27
• Open Payments: Review and Dispute Data by May 15
• Comparative Billing Report on Subsequent Hospital Visits
• PEPPERs for Hospices, LTCHs, SNFs, IRFs, IPFs, and CAHs,
• Hospice Visits when Death is Imminent Measure Pair
• Mapping Medicare Disparities Tool: New Enhancements
• Medicare-Medicaid Crossover Bad Debt Accounting Classification
• Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Billing Requirements
• National Minority Health Month: Active & Healthy
• Looking for Educational Materials?

Compliance

• Coding for Specimen Validity Testing Billed in Combination with Urine Drug Testing

Events

• Comparative Billing Report: Subsequent Hospital Visits Webinar — April 11

MLN Matters® Articles

• Activation of Systematic Validation Edits for OPPS Providers with Multiple Service Locations
• ASP Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions: July 2019
• Changes to the Laboratory NCD Edit Software: July 2019
• Correction to FY 2019 IPPS Pricer
• FY 2017 SSI/Medicare Beneficiary Data for IPPS Hospitals, IRFs, LTCHs
• NCCI PTP Edits: Quarterly Update
• E/M and Superficial Radiation Treatment — Revised

Publications

• Understanding the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier
• Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System — Revised
• Hospice Payment System — Revised
• Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System — Revised
• Medicare Preventive Services — Revised

Multimedia

• Reducing Opioid Misuse Call: Audio Recording and Transcript
• Promoting Interoperability Call: Audio Recording and Transcript
• SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program Call: Audio Recording and Transcript