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Updated January 5, 2009- The publication titled Medicare Billing Information for Rural Providers, Suppliers, and Physicians (revised October 2008), which consists of charts that provide Medicare billing information for Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Critical Access Hospitals, and Swing Beds, is now available in print format from the Medicare Learning Network. To place your order, a direct link has been placed in the "Related Links Outside CMS" section at the bottom of this page. The next Rural Health Open Door Forum (ODF) is scheduled for Wednesday, January 28, 2009 from 11:30am to 12:30pm ET in conjunction with the National Rural Health Association's Rural Health Policy Institute annual meeting in Washington, DC. Here is the participation information if you wish to join us: 1-800-837-1935 Conference ID 70013728. The Rural Health ODF addresses Rural Health Clinic (RHC), Community Access Hospital (CAH) and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) issues, as well as some inclusion of other questions and concerns that occur in clinical practice pertaining to other CMS payment systems that also extend into these settings. Topics that frequently arise on this forum often deal with payment & billing for services subject to Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and/or Physician Shortage Area (PSA) status, cost report clarifications, classifications for & qualifications of rural provider types, and the many special provisions being implemented for improving rural health in the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. Timely announcements and clarifications regarding important rulemaking, quality program initiatives, and other related areas are also included in the forums.
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