Medical Learning Network
“Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services” Brochure Available in Hardcopy
The Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services brochure is now available in a hardcopy format from the Medicare Learning Network®. This brochure is designed to provide education on tobacco-use cessation counseling services. To place your order, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNGenInfo on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website, scroll down to “Related Links Inside CMS,” and select [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )“Medicare Enrollment Guidelines for Ordering/Referring Providers” Fact Sheet Revised
The publication titled “Medicare Enrollment Guidelines for Ordering/Referring Providers,” which is available from the Medicare Learning Network® at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MedEnroll_OrderReferProv_FactSheet_ ICN906223.pdf, was revised to remove “Doctors of Chiropractic Medicine” from the list of providers who are eligible to order/refer, as indicated in technical direction that CMS issued on Fri Aug 12. CMS will re-issue the related [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )2010 Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce that incentive payments for the 2010 Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program has begun for eligible professionals who met the criteria for successful reporting. Distribution of 2010 payments Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive is scheduled to be completed by August 31, 2011. Effective [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New Preventive Services FAQs Now Available
CMS has posted 27 FAQs regarding preventive services for Medicare Fee-For-Service providers/suppliers to the Medicare Learning Network® Products Preventive Services webpage; to access the entire list of 27 FAQs, scroll to the “Related Links Inside CMS” section at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp and select “Preventive Services FAQs.” Or, find the answer to an individual FAQ below. Annual Wellness [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services Brochure Revised
The Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services brochure – which is designed to provide education on tobacco-use cessation counseling services – has been updated and is now available in downloadable format, free of charge, from the Medicare Learning Network. To view, download, or print the brochure, please visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNproducts/downloads/smoking.pdf. This brochure is suggested for all Medicare providers, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cancer Screenings Brochure Revised
The Cancer Screenings brochure – which is designed to provide education on Medicare’s mammography screening, screening Pap test, pelvic screening examination, and prostate cancer screening benefits – has been updated and is now available, free of charge, from the Medicare Learning Network. To view, download, or print the brochure, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/cancer_screening.pdf. Dallas L Alford [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Physician Quality Reporting System and eRx Incentive Program Fact Sheets Available for Download
A series of fact sheets relating to the Physician Quality Reporting System and the Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program are now available in downloadable format from the Medicare Learning Network:§ The “2011 Physician Quality Reporting System Made Simple for Reporting the Preventive Care Measures Group” fact sheet is designed to provide information to eligible professionals [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Preventive Services Resources Updated
The Medicare Learning Network has recently updated several educational tools related to Medicare-covered preventive services:§ “Quick Reference Information: Preventive Services” offers coverage, coding, and payment information on the wide variety of preventive services Medicare covers. View, download, or print at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MPS_QuickReferenceChart_1.pdf § “Quick Reference Information: The ABCS of Providing the Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE)” [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New “Medicare Ambulance Services” Booklet
A new publication titled “Medicare Ambulance Services” (released May 2011), which is designed to provide education on Medicare ambulance services, is now available in downloadable format at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/Medicare_Ambulance_Services_ICN903194.pdf. This booklet includes information about the ambulance service benefit, ambulance transports, ground and air ambulance providers and suppliers, ground and air ambulance vehicles and personnel requirements, covered [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Medicare Learning Network Provider Exhibit Program
Would you like to have CMS present at your next national and/or regional provider association meeting or conference? If so, visit the brand new Medicare Learning Network Provider Exhibit Program webpage to contact us directly! We can provide your conference attendees with access to relevant MLN educational products and resources that have been developed especially [...]
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