CMS-Related Activities
The following publications are now available on the Medicare Learning Network products Web page:
- "The Medicare Physician Guide: A Resource for Residents, Practicing Physicians, and Other Health Care Professionals (July 2007 version)" -- This guide offers general information about the Medicare Program, becoming a Medicare provider or supplier, Medicare payment policies, Medicare reimbursement, evaluation and management documentation, fraud, abuse, inquiries, overpayments, and appeals. It is available at www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/physicianguide.pdf (1.36MB).
- "The Facilitator’s Guide - Companion to the Medicare Physician Guide: A Resource for Residents, Practicing Physicians, and Other Health Care Professionals" -- This guide includes all the information and instructions necessary to prepare for and present a Medicare Resident, Practicing Physician, and Other Health Care Professional Training Program. It is also now available at www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/MPUB/itemdetail.asp?itemID=CMS061390.
- "Medicare Billing Information for Rural Providers, Suppliers, and Physicians," which consists of charts that provide billing information for rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, and critical access hospitals, is now available in downloadable format at www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/RuralChart.pdf.
Availability of Medicare Preventive Services Materials for Providers
CMS has developed a variety of educational products and resources to help health-care professionals and their staff become familiar with coverage, coding, billing, and reimbursement for preventive services covered by Medicare.
The MLN Preventive Services Educational Products Web Page provides descriptions and ordering information for all provider-specific educational products related to preventive services. The Web page is located at www.cms.hhs.gov.
The CMS Web site provides information for each preventive service covered by Medicare. Click on www.cms.hhs.gov, select "Medicare" and scroll down to "Prevention."
For products to share with your Medicare patients, visit www.medicare.gov.
As a trusted source of patient health-care information, your recommendation is one of the most important factors in increasing the utilization of preventive services covered by Medicare. We hope that you will join with CMS as we strive to close the prevention gap and encourage appropriate utilization of preventive services. It could save seniors' lives. Thank you so much for your help.
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