Spotlights - Try the NEW Guided Pathways (DEC2008) Medicare Learning Network (MLN) products! These three booklets incorporate existing Medicare Learning Network (MLN) products and other CMS resources into well organized sections that can help Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) providers and suppliers find information to understand and navigate the Medicare Program. The three Guided Pathways booklets guide learners to resources that provide a fundamental overview of Medicare knowledge, as well as detailed FFS policies and requirements. Click here to access the Guided Pathways educational web guide and booklets. (Posted 01/08/09)
- On October 30, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted a notice in the Federal Register regarding a Listening Session on Hospital-Acquired Conditions in Inpatient and Outpatient Settings. The Listening Session will be held on December 18, 2008. Participants can register, through December 11, 2008, for the Listening Session at: https://registration.intercall.com/menu.php?short_name=cms2. Additional information on the Listening Session, as well as registration instructions, is available at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HospitalAcqCond/07_EducationalResources.asp. (Posted December 5, 2008)
- CMS-1404-FC: Final Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates; Final Changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates (Display Date: October 30, 2008; Publication Date: November 18, 2008; Comment period closes 5pm ET on December 29, 2008)
- CMS-1390-N (Hospital Inpatient PPS and FY2009 Rates: Final FY2009 Wage Indices and Payment Rates) (Display date: September 29, 2008; Publication date: October 3, 2008)
- On July 31, 2008, the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Final Rule display copy was posted to the CMS web site. In the Final Rule, CMS included 10 categories of conditions for the Hospital-Acquired Conditions payment provision. Additional information on HACs and CMS' implementation of Present on Admission Indicator Reporting is available at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HospitalAcqCond/01_Overview.asp
- CMS IPPS New Technology Applications for FY 2010 now Available.
- CMS-1554-F: FY 2009: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule for Federal Fiscal Year 2009 (Display Date: July 31, 2008)
- CMS-1390-F; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates (Display Date: July 31, 2008; Publication Date: August 19, 2008)
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