• The Cancer Screenings brochure, which provides information about Medicare coverage of screening mammographies, screening pap tests, screening pelvic exams, and colorectal and prostate cancer screenings, is now available in print format.   To place your order for the print version, select "MLN Product Ordering Page" in the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below.

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• The Smoking and Tobacco-Use Cessation CounselingServices brochure, which provides information about Medicare coverage of smoking and tobacco-use cessation services, is now available in print format.   To place your order for the print version, select "MLN Product Ordering Page" in the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below.
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• The Medicare preventive Services Series Part 3 web-based training course (WBT) has been updated.  The WBT describes coverage, coding, billing and reimbursement policies for the following Medicare-covered preventive services: screening mammography, screening pap tests and pelvic examinations, colorectal cancer screening, prostate cancer screening, bone mass measurements, and glaucoma screening. The course offers continuing education credits; please see the course description page for the details. To access the course, select the "Web Based Training (WBT) Modules" link in the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below. (Posted November 5, 2009)
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• The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) web-based training course has been updated.  The WBT describes SNF CB and related coverage and payment policies, explains why Congress passed SNF CB, identifies services that are included and excluded from CB, and describes "under arrangement" agreements between SNFs and other providers or suppliers. To access the course, select the "Web Based Training (WBT) Modules" link in the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below. (Posted November 5, 2009)
  
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• The Expanded Benefits brochure, which provides information about the initial preventive physical examination (IPPE), ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), and cardiovascular screening blood test benefits covered under Medicare, is now available in print format.   To place your order for the print version, select "MLN Product Ordering Page" in the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below. (Posted November 5, 2009)
  
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• The Bone Mass Measurements brochure, which provides information about the bone mass measurement benefit covered under Medicare, is now available in print format.   To place your order for the print version, select "MLN Product Ordering Page" in the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below. (Posted November 5, 2009)
  
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• The revised Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (September 2009), which provides general information about the Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) including information about the basis for IPPS payment, IPPS payment rates, and how IPPS payment rates are set, is now available in print format. To place your order, select "MLN Product Ordering Page" in the "Related Links Inside CMS" Section below. (Posted November 5, 2009)
  
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• The revised Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (August 2009), which provides information about Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System rates, classification criterion, and reasonable and necessary criteria, is now available in print format. To place your order, select "MLN Product Ordering Page" in the "Related Links Inside CMS" Section below. (Posted November 5, 2009)
  

• The Diabetes-Related Services brochure, which provides an overview of Medicare's coverage of diabetes screening tests, diabetes self-management training, medical nutrition therapy, and supplies and other services for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, has been newly updated and is now available in downloadable format. To view, download, or print this brochure, select the "Preventive Services Educational Products" link in the Downloads Section below. A printed hardcopy version will be available at a later date.

• The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program (E-Prescribing) Web-based Training Course is now available - The course provides information to physicians, health care professionals, and medical administrative staff on the completion, submission and maintenance of the documentation required to successfully participate in Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and Electronic Prescription Incentive (E-Prescribing) programs. The course offers continuing education credits; please see the course description page for the details. To access the course, select the web-based training modules link in the "Related Links Inside CMS" section. Once on the web-based training module page, select the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative and Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program WBT from the list provided.  
• Revised: In August 2002, HHS adopted specific modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to clarify that incidental disclosures do not violate the Privacy Rule when providers and other covered entities have common sense policies which reasonably safeguard and appropriately limit how protected health information is used and disclosed. To view, download, or print this guide, select the publication title in the Downloads Section below. (Posted July 14, 2009)
• The Medicare Secondary Payer Fact Sheet (MSP), for Provider, Physician, and Other Supplier Billing Staff (revised April 2009), provides a general overview of the MSP provisions for individuals involved in the admission and billing procedures at provider, physician, and other supplier settings. To view, download, or print the fact sheet, selection the publication title in the Downloads Section below.
• Understanding the Remittance Advice: A Guide for Medicare Providers, Physicians, Suppliers, and Billers (October 2008) is now available to download from the CMS Medicare Learning Network (MLN). This publication is designed to help fee-for-service Medicare providers understand the remittance advice (RA), its applicable uses, and how to interpret RA fields and codes communicated by Medicare contractors. To view, download, or print this guide, select the publication title in the Downloads section below. Print copies will be available in approximately 4 to 6 weeks. (Posted February 5, 2009)

Downloads
Preventive Services Educational Products [PDF, 38KB] The HIPAA Privacy Guide [PDF, 1.4MB] Medicare Secondary Payer Fact Sheet (MSP), for Provider, Physician, and Other Supplier Billing Staff [PDF, 445KB]
Related Links Inside CMS
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