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Flu & Pneumonia Vaccines: Protect Your Patients

MLN Connects® for Thursday, December 10, 2020

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News

• Flu & Pneumonia Vaccines: Protect Your Patients
• VBID Model: Hospice Benefit Component
• Open Payments: Review and Dispute Data by December 31
• Hospital Price Transparency: Requirements Effective January 1
• Annual Participation Enrollment Period Extended to January 31
• 2020 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception Application: Deadline February 1
• COVID-19: Hospital Operations Toolkit

Compliance

• Telehealth Services: Bill Correctly

Claims, Pricers & Codes

• ICD-10 MS-DRG Grouper V38.1 & 2021 ICD-10-PCS Code Files
• Average Sales Price Files: January 2021

Events

• CMS-CDC Fundamentals of COVID-19 Prevention for Nursing Home Management Call - December 10 & January 7

MLN Matters® Articles

• Update to Rural Health Clinic (RHC) All Inclusive Rate (AIR) Payment Limit for Calendar Year (CY) 2021
• Update to the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Calendar Year (CY) 2021 - Recurring File Update
• New & Expanded Flexibilities for RHCs & FQHCs during the COVID-19 PHE - Revised
• Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for October 2020 - Revised
• Implementation of Changes in the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Payment for Dialysis Furnished for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in ESRD Facilities for Calendar Year (CY) 2021 - Revised

Publications

• Medicare Provider Enrollment - Revised
• Provider Compliance Tips - Revised