April 1, 2010, Home Health & Hospice Medicare A Newsline - CGS

Medicare Preventive Services Quick Reference Information ChartsThe Medicare Preventive Services Quick Reference Information Charts have been updated and are nowavailable in downloadable format. This includes the following charts:• Quick Reference Information: Medicare Preventive Services: This two-sided reference chart provideshealth care providers with coverage, coding, and payment information on the many preventive servicescovered by Medicare.• Quick Reference Information: Medicare Immunization Billing: This two-sided reference chart providescoverage, coding and payment information on seasonal influenza, pneumococcal, and Hepatitis Bvaccinations covered by Medicare.• Quick Reference Information: The ABCs of Providing the Initial Preventive Physical Examination(IPPE): This two-sided reference chart provides a checklist of the elements of an IPPE, as well ascoding information and frequently asked questions.To view the revised charts, please visit the “Preventive Services Educational Products” page at:http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp and select the “Educational Products”link in the “Downloads” section.Hard copies of all three charts will be available at a later date.Revised Home Health Prospective Payment System Fact SheetThe revised Home Health Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (January 2010), which providesinformation about coverage of home health services and elements of the Home Health Prospective PaymentSystem, is now available in downloadable format from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMedicare Learning Network at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNproducts/downloads/HomeHlthProsPaymt.pdfon the CMS Web site.Revised Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Fact SheetThe revised Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (January 2010), which providesgeneral information about the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System, ambulatory paymentclassifications, and how payment rates are set, is now available in downloadable format from the Centers forMedicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Learning Network athttp://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/HospitalOutpaysysfctsht.pdf on the CMS Web site.Home Health & Hospice April 1, 2010 3Medicare A Newsline Vol. 17, No. 7