CMS has provided a newsletter of their recent actions as well as updates and resources. You can view it here. A summary of the content is below:
News
• CMS Approves Approximately $34 Billion for Providers with the Accelerated/Advance Payment Program for Medicare Providers in One Week
• COVID-19: Dear Clinician Letter
• COVID-19: Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services and Treatment Recommendations
• Quality Payment Program: MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Policy in Response to COVID-19
• Multi-Factor Authentication Requirement Delayed for PECOS, I&A, and NPPES
• Open Payments: Pre-Publication Review and Dispute through May 15
Claims, Pricers & Codes
• Pneumococcal Pneumonia Vaccination: Eligibility Transactions Includes DOS Starting April 13
Events
• Ground Ambulance Organizations: Data Collection for Medicare Providers Call — May 7
MLN Matters® Articles
• Supplier Education on Use of Upgrades for Multi-Function Ventilators
• Second Update to CR 11152 Implementation of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) — Revised
Publications
• Civil Rights, HIPAA, and COVID-19
• Medicare Advance Written Notices of Noncoverage — Revised
• Medicare Preventive Services — Revised
• Medicare Preventive Services Poster — Revised
